{"id":6582,"date":"2026-09-11T13:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=6582"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:19:59","slug":"northampton-mental-health-hospital-has-enough-staff-to-be-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=6582","title":{"rendered":"Northampton mental health hospital has enough staff ‘to be safe’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A council meeting has been told a mental health provider has “sufficient clinical staffing to be safe”, according to the trust due to take over the running of it<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/a> this month, councillors on the adult social care, health and communities overview and scrutiny committee at West Northamptonshire Council received an update on St Andrew’s Hospital<\/p>\n

In July, Northamptonshire Healthcare<\/a> NHS Foundation Trust agreed to take over care at the site from mid-September<\/p>\n

David Williams, group director of strategy and partnerships, said: “We have looked at all of the staffing numbers [and] the model of care.. and we are currently happy that there are sufficient clinical staff to be safe on day one.”<\/p>\n

“It might be over time we look at how that develops and changes, but for a step-in we do believe and have looked at ‘can we provide safe care on day one’ and we do believe we can.”<\/p>\n

NHS England ordered the removal of all 287 inpatients from a hospital run by St Andrew’s Healthcare in Northampton over safety concerns earlier this year<\/p>\n

Williams told the councillors that the trust expected to have about 160 patients and about 1,700 staff when they take over services in mid-September<\/p>\n

In July, the trust said patients would remain on the Northampton site, with services expected to be delivered from William Wake House and Fitzroy House<\/p>\n

The decision to withdraw patients from St Andrew’s followed enforcement action taken against the hospital, announced in December<\/p>\n

In March, NHS England said: “We still do not have adequate assurance that patient safety is improving at the rate it needs to and our concerns about patient safety remain.”<\/p>\n

It added: “We therefore must act now to ensure patients receive the care and treatment they deserve.”<\/p>\n

It added that “unacceptable issues” had been identified at the hospital<\/p>\n

A report by the Care Quality Commission described how its inspectors saw CCTV footage of staff kicking and hitting a patient during a restraint as their colleagues watched on<\/p>\n

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