Three Valleys Hospital

Updated 13 January 2025

Date of assessment 4th to 6th June 2024.

Three Valleys Hospital is an inpatient locked rehabilitation service. The service provides care for a maximum of 43 male and female patients across five wards.

Oakworth ward was a 9 bedded service for men with a primary diagnosis of dementia or related neuropsychiatric conditions whose physical illness or frailty contributes to, or complicates, the management of their mental health problem.

There were 34 rehabilitation beds across four wards:

• Ingrow is a 12 bedded female rehabilitation ward.
• Winfield is a 4 bedded ‘step down’ unit
• Oldfield is a 12 bedded male rehabilitation ward.
• Steeton is a 6 bedded ‘step down’ unit, designed to provide support for patients from Oldfield ward who are closer to discharge.

Three Valleys Hospital has been registered with the Care Quality Commission since August 2013. It is a registered location of Elysium Healthcare Ltd. The service had a registered manager at the time of our assessment.

The service was last inspected by the Care Quality Commission in January 2024. It was rated as requires improvement overall. The long stay rehabilitation service was rated good overall and the older people’s service was rated as requires improvement. Both services were rated requires improvement in the Safe domain. There were six breaches of regulation in the older people’s service and two breaches of regulation in the rehabilitation service.

This was a very focused assessment and we assessed only one quality statement from the safe key question. The scores for this area have been combined with scores based on the key question ratings from the last inspection. Though the assessment of this quality statement indicated areas of good practice since the last inspection, our overall rating remains the same.

Updated 4 June 2024

This assessment of the long stay or rehabilitation mental health wards for working age adults

was conducted remotely between 4 and 6 June 2024. The reason for the assessment was due to concerns regarding the safe prescribing and monitoring of medication. The quality statement we focused on was "we make sure that medicines and treatments are safe and meet people's needs, capacities and preferences by enabling them to be involved in planning, including when changes happen". Due to the nature of the remote assessment we only looked at evidence within the processes category.

We assessed one quality statement from the safe key question and found areas of good practice. Medicines were managed and monitored well. The scores for this area have been combined with scores based on the key question ratings from the last inspection. Though the assessment of this quality statement indicated areas of good practice since the last inspection, our overall rating remains requires improvement.

Updated 4 June 2024

This assessment of the older adult mental health inpatient wards was conducted remotely between 4 and 6 June 2024. The reason for the assessment was due to concerns regarding the safe prescribing and monitoring of medication. The quality statement we focused on was "we make sure that medicines and treatments are safe and meet people's needs, capacities and preferences by enabling them to be involved in planning, including when changes happen". Due to the nature of the remote assessment we only looked at evidence within the processes category.

We assessed one quality statement from the safe key question and found areas of good practice. Medicines were managed and monitored well. The scores for this area have been combined with scores based on the key question ratings from the last inspection. Though the assessment of this quality statement indicated areas of good practice since the last inspection, our overall rating remains requires improvement.