Trust running Prestwich unit which saw abuse to get assistance, NHS England says
A mental health trust that runs a unit where patients were mistreated is to receive "focused assistance" from NHS England, the organisation has said.found a "toxic culture of humiliation, verbal abuse and bullying" at the Edenfield Centre in Prestwich, Bury.NHS England said it would be helped by the Recovery Support Programme .
Staff were filmed using restraint inappropriately and swearing at and slapping patients, while some of those being cared for endured long seclusions in small, bare rooms.as a result of formal disciplinary procedures at the trust. It will see NHS England provide "intensive support to the trust to make the improvements it needs including, notably, appointing an improvement director", he said.
He also said the decision was "not a reflection of all those staff who have worked so tirelessly for patients", but was "an opportunity for us all to work together to build better and more sustainable services".
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