8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Mental Health Services

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:24 pm on 4 March 2020.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 6:24, 4 March 2020

Two care homes in particular—Cygnet Health Care's Wyke in Bradford, and Partnerships in Care's Kneesworth site—were listed as inadequate by the CQC after its inspection. A further three were found to require improvement. And these are serious failings. Wyke was deemed to be inadequate when it came to safety, effectiveness, caring and being well-led. And in terms of safety, that meant patients were put at risk in terms of monitoring and managing medicines. Now, I question whether the health board was aware of that, and if it was aware of that, well, clearly, there's a question to be asked as to why those patients were being sent there. Now, as I said earlier, even if the services are or were adequate—