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Airedale Centre for Mental Health

The Airedale Centre For Mental Health, Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6TA (01535) 652511

Provided and run by:
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Other CQC inspections of services

Community & mental health inspection reports for Airedale Centre for Mental Health can be found at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. Each report covers findings for one service across multiple locations
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6 August 2013

During an inspection looking at part of the service

We visited two wards during our inspection and talked to the ward manager and the pharmacist who visited the ward twice a week and when requested. We found that there was a good working relationship between the pharmacy team and nurses on these wards.

16, 17, 18, 22, 23 July 2013

During a routine inspection

We visited Heather ward, Fern ward and ward 24. We spoke with patients, their relatives and staff, reviewed case notes and observed care being delivered. We also visited in the evening and invited patients, staff and visitors to speak with us about their experiences.

Most patients on Fern and Heather wards told us they were informed about their care and treatment, had attended meetings about their care and were satisfied. However some patients could not remember seeing their care records.

We looked at questionnaires completed by patient's relatives/carers when they were discharged from ward 24. We saw they were all complimentary about the care received and staff had treated patients with respect and dignity.

We found the Trust had systems in place to monitor the quality of the services it delivered at Airedale Centre for Mental health. There was an overarching service governance committee, chaired by a non-executive Director, which was underpinned by service-led locality governance groups. The committee discussed amongst other things serious incidents, complaints and patient experience and we were told by the staff each ward team met twice a month to discuss these areas.

We found the Trust had identified areas where improvements were needed and had taken action. For example they had plans in place to improve staff training regarding the Mental Capacity Act and risk management.

20 January 2012

During an inspection looking at part of the service

We did not speak with people that use the services about the Outcomes assessed in this report. We did speak with staff and it was commented that RiO has reduced the amount of paper-work and is relatively straight-forward to use.

3, 29 March 2011

During a routine inspection

During the course of the visit to Airedale Hospital for Mental Health, a total of three people who use the services were asked about their experiences. The people spoken to were from two different in-patient areas.

The people spoken to who use the services said they felt supported and well cared for.

People commented on more than one occasion that they felt involved with their care and felt safe.

One person using the services stated that they have a good rapport with their doctor and they have a named nurse.

Staff were generally positive about their work and one manager commented that management are supportive of new ideas.

Staff commented that there are mixed levels of competence amongst colleagues in the use of the electronic record system. This variability in competence does negatively affect the quality of information entered into the electronic record system.

Staff commented that certain colleagues do not always have the correct level of access to the necessary sections of the electronic record system in order to complete care records as necessary.