Cygnet Bury Hudson

Ratings

• Overall

  Good

• Safe

  Requires improvement

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Good

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Good

Our view of the service

We assessed Cygnet Bury Hudson from 28 April to 1 May 2026.

We assessed the service due to the length of time since the last inspection, which was March 2023.

Cygnet Bury Hudson was registered with the CQC in October 2021 to deliver the regulated activities: Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, Diagnostic and Screening procedures and Treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The service had a controlled drugs accountable officer and a Registered Manager.

We visited the following wards as part of the assessment:

• Madison ward, medium secure unit for men with a personality disorder with 13 beds.
• Columbus ward, medium secure unit for men with a personality disorder with 13 beds.
• Lower East ward, medium secure unit for men with 13 beds.
• West Hampton ward, medium secure unit for men with 13 beds.
• East Hampton ward, low secure unit for men with 13 beds.
• Upper East ward, low secure unit for men with 13 beds.

We have assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted.

The service had met the breach of Regulation 10 Privacy and Dignity from the last inspection. Seclusion rooms had been upgraded to ensure patients had ease of access to toilets and showers.

The service had met the breach of Regulation 12 Safe Care and Treatment from the last inspection in relation to medicines management. Medicines had an expiry date clearly displayed.

The service had met the breach of Regulation 17 Good Governance from the last inspection, there was strong oversight of the service with daily ward based safety review meetings and the hospital wide daily brief meetings to ensure senior leaders had oversight of staffing, incidents, maintenance, housekeeping, catering, complaints and compliments.

At this assessment we identified breaches of Regulations: 12 Safe Care and Treatment and 15 Premises and Equipment.

At this assessment we assessed 1 assessment service group; Forensic inpatient or secure wards, where we assessed 33 quality statements.

We rated the service as Good. We found 3 breaches of regulations in relation to medicines monitoring, sharing of risk and incidents and cleanliness and maintenance of the environment.

We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this inspection.