The Priory Group

“The Department will continue to support and assure this work to progress against key actions, including ensuring better awareness of eating disorder training and continuing professional development.”

“Please note that direct contact is now made by the Corporate Client Team (CCT) with all newly referred clients following treatment authorisation. An e-mail will be sent in the event that the newly referred client cannot be reached by telephone.”

“The SUI report and report convey that overall, the care and treatment provided by staff to Mr [name redacted], a long-term patient who had been at the hospital since November 2013 was of an acceptable standard.”

“Prior to receipt of your PFD report and based on your comments at the inquest, on Tuesday, 12 May 2015 our Group Medical Director, I wrote to the Hospital Medical Directors at all 42 of the Priory Group Healthcare Division hospitals reminding them of the requirement to ensure that service user records were completed during the course of ward rounds, Care Programme Approach review meetings and multi-disciplinary team meetings.”

“We are in agreement with you that we should routinely use urine drug screens across all of our detoxification services as part of the assessment process and where necessary on an on-going basis thereafter. Since the inquest we have reviewed this practice and learnt that a number of hospitals are routinely undertaking urine drug screens on those patients who are admitted for alcohol detoxification. Our intention is to ensure that our hospitals all have access to urine drug screening kits and that”

“In response to points one and three, | understand that the records falsification and a number of key missing observations in Mr [name redacted] case for the afternoon he absconded from the ward, fell to one nurse, | am informed that the relevant individual was disciplined through Priory's internal processes and dismissed from employment. She was also referred to the NMC as her actions fell short of the standard required.”