I was appalled to see the lack of structure and safety for patients on the Lomond ward.
I observed a patient smoking in bed, staff were made aware of this but never acted on it. There was no reprimand or action taken to confiscate smoking materials.
Some of the other patients are strongly medicated and are asleep. What if a fire was to start?
The staff seemingly had absolutely no back up from ward management and had to endure vocal and physical abuse when trying to intervene.
Maybe if the patients had some sort of daily occupational health activities to do rather than just walking the ward all day, it would help to curb the boredom and monotony?
The only intervention I witnessed was when eventually patients kicked off and were medicated. Surely it would be better to avoid such extreme measures by a more conducive calm and structured approach!
"A lack of structure and safety"
About: Stratheden Hospital / Adult mental health Stratheden Hospital Adult mental health KY15 5RR
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