Mental health services at Humber NHS Foundation Trust 'inadequate'
The Trust has been criticised in a damning report by the Care Quality Commission.
Mental health services at Humber NHS Trust have been rated 'inadequate'.
The health watchdog has found the trust is failing to deliver safe services.
The Care Quality Commission found patients are waiting too long to access the treatment they need.
Their inspection in April this year also discovered staff shortages, particularly in mental health care.
The CQC say the trust isn't even making sure the staff they do have are receiving basic training or development.
However, the Trust was rated as good at providing a caring service. It was given an overall 'requires improvement' rating.
Dr Paul Lelliott, the Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals, said: “Humber NHS Foundation Trust has a number of issues it has to address.
"They have been rated as Inadequate for safety and a great deal of what we saw demonstrates that the trust had not learnt all the lessons from our last comprehensive inspection (in 2014)."
The Trust say they're disappointed with the outcome.
David Hill, Chief Executive of Humber NHS Foundation Trust told Viking:
"We are disappointed with our inadequate rating for safety. We would like to reassure people that this rating is in a small number of services and we have taken immediate action to address the issues.
"We acknowledge that some services fell short of what we aspire to deliver and we knew that we had some of these challenges prior to this inspection. However, the CQC recognised improvement in our children’s and community services and identified areas of notable practice.
"Over the last year we have made a number of new appointments with a particular focus on greater visible clinical leadership. Many new senior appointments have been made that have strengthened collective capability in the organisation as a whole."