Updated 26 January 2017
The Limes Hospital is located in Langwith, Nottinghamshire. The hospital is an independent mental health hospital run by the provider, Cambian Healthcare Limited. The hospital provides care for male patients 18 years and over who have long-standing complex needs including long-term mental health needs or problems with substance, drug, and alcohol misuse. Patients may be detained for treatment under the Mental Health Act 1983 and have histories involving the criminal justice system.
The hospital provides care for up to 18 patients. At the time of our visit, the hospital had 16 patients, 15 were detained under the Mental Health Act under section 3 or section 37/41. There was one informal patient. There were no patients subject to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
The Limes Hospital has a registered manager and provides the following regulated activities:
• treatment of disease, disorder or injury
• assessment or medical treatment, for persons detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).
The Limes Hospital registered with the CQC on 17 January 2010. The CQC has carried out five inspections at the hospital. The most recent inspection was in April 2016 where we rated the hospital as good overall. However, we rated the effective domain as requires improvement because the provider had not updated Mental Health Act policies to reflect the revised Mental Health Act Code of Practice.
This was a breach of Regulation 17 HSCA (RA) Regulations 2014 Good Governance. CQC issued a requirement notice to ensure the hospital made improvements.