Rotherham eating disorder service where young patients did not feel safe put in special measures
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A Rotherham mental health service where young patients said they did not feel safe has been placed in special measures. Ellern Mede Moorgate, a private specialist eating disorder facility on Moorgate Road, has been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Despite providing care for a relatively small number of patients at a time (12), physical restraints were used over 5,000 times in one year. On average, this works out as restraining each patient more than once per day. Alan...

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