- Independent mental health service
Draper House
Assessment report published 20 October 2026
Contents
Ratings - Long stay or rehabilitation mental health wards for working age adults
Our view of the service
We inspected the service on 13 and 14 May 2026, the team consisting of two inspectors and one specialist adviser.
We inspected the service as the last inspection took place on 20 July 2021. That inspection was a focussed inspection that only inspected two key questions, safe and well-led. This inspection was a comprehensive inspection of all key questions. The service had an overall rating of good at the time of this inspection, with no breaches of the Health and Social Care Act regulations from previous inspections.
Draper House was registered with the CQC in 2019 to deliver the following regulated activities: Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, and Treatment of disease, disorder and injury.
Draper House is a 15-bed rehabilitation service located in St Helens. It provides patient focused and evidence-based care which is bespoke to each individual and their needs. Their aim is to plan with the patient their recovery journey from the point of referral to recovery and enable a supportive and transitional discharge period which aims to be facilitated in a seamless manner. The service ethos embraces recovery principles and incorporates interventions which promote and enable the rehabilitation pathway within a locked environment. The service is for female patients over the age of 18 years, with the facility for both detained and informal patients, covering complex mental health disorders including personality disorders. The service has two wards across two floors, Bluebell and Blossom, at the location.
There was a registered manager at the service at the time of inspection.
At this inspection we assessed 1 assessment service group: Long stay or rehabilitation mental health wards for adults of a working age.
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.
Overall, we have rated the service as good.
Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act Compliance Summary
Mental Health Act (MHA) training was mandatory at the service. The service also had a MHA and a Mental Capacity Act (MCA) policy that was up to date. 98% of the staff at the service had completed the training, scheduling was in place for total completion of the training.
The Mental Health Act (MHA) administrator at the service compiled a monthly audit about MHA documentation and consent recorded with regard to capacity assessments. This was also reviewed by the pharmacy service that maintained the medication management at the service.
Staff we spoke with understood and were able to discuss the subject knowledgeably. They knew where to access a copy of the MHA Code of Practice at the service.
Staff took all practical steps to enable patients to make their own informed decisions. The service had a Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and best interest policy that was in date at the time of the inspection.
People's experience of this service
Patients we spoke with were positive about their experience at the service. Patients said they felt safe on the ward, those patients we spoke with said they had not faced any harassment or discrimination. Patients we spoke with said they had access to advocacy, one patient told us that they felt they could speak personally about their treatment and did not require an advocate but knew they were there to help if needed.
All the patients we spoke with said they had regular meetings with their named nurse at the service. They were positive and complimentary about staff at the service, one patient stated that the staff were much better than in their previous service. Patients said they had keys to their rooms so they could feel more secure and keep their property safe and could go into their rooms at any time.