The Former Adviser: Mental Health Unit

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Conforming to a witness, the woman was knocked face down to the floor by a male nurse in a psychiatric hospital. Three staff members are said to have then held her down.

The Central and North West London NHS trust said a member of staff had been removed from clinical duties while the incident was investigated.

The alleged incident occurred on 10 night July while a former adviser to the health secretary on patient safety was an inpatient at the unit.

The former adviser, Alison Cameron, said that while the woman, who was eight and a half months pregnant, was being verbally aggressive she hadn’t made any physical threats. Ms Cameron.

Ms Cameron, who had been a patient advocate for years, said force use was wholly unnecessary.

She has reported her concerns to the Care Quality Commission.

The trust has asked the BBC not to name the hospital to protect the patient identity, who remains in the unit. Some mental health patients can, on occasion, be physically restrained by staff though many hospitals are making an attempt to stop the practice.

Ms Cameron, an associate at the King’s Fund and an expert on patient safety, says her experience of spending two nights at the unit last weekend was appalling.

She suffers from PTSD and needed treatment after feeling suicidal. Having spent 12 hours in an accident and emergency unit waiting for a bed in a psychiatric hospital, she was taken to the hospital on Saturday afternoon.

Noise because that some very sick patients were making, rest was impossible and she said some patients felt unsafe, people were expected to sleep in dormitories. The atmosphere deteriorated at night on the ward, Ms Cameron said, which is when the pregnant woman was allegedly assaulted.

In a statement, the Central and North West London NHS trust said it acted as soon as it allegation learned.

Three staff members are said to have then held her down.

In a statement, the Central and North West London NHS trust said it acted as soon as it allegation learned. The atmosphere deteriorated at night on the ward, Ms Cameron said, which is when the pregnant woman was allegedly assaulted.

She suffers from PTSD and needed treatment after feeling suicidal.

She has reported her concerns to the Care Quality Commission. Having spent 12 hours in an accident and emergency unit waiting for a bed in a psychiatric hospital, she was taken to the hospital on Saturday afternoon.

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Noise because that some very sick patients were making, rest was impossible and she said some patients felt unsafe, people were expected to sleep in dormitories. Some mental health patients can, on occasion, be physically restrained by staff though many hospitals are making an attempt to stop the practice.

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The trust has asked the BBC not to name the hospital to protect the patient identity, who remains in the unit. Conforming to a witness, the woman was knocked face down to the floor by a male nurse in a psychiatric hospital.

The former adviser, Alison Cameron, said that while the woman, who was eight and a half months pregnant, was being verbally aggressive she hadn’t made any physical threats.

The Central and North West London NHS trust said a member of staff had been removed from clinical duties while the incident was investigated.

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