Hawkesbury Lodge

Updated 17 April 2014

The Trust has a total of 21 active locations serving mental health and learning disability needs, including three hospital sites: Brooklands, St Michael’s Hospital and Caludon Centre.  11 of these locations provide mental health services including Hawkesbury Lodge in Coventry.

The Trust provides a wide range of mental health and learning disability services for children, young adults, adults and older adults as well as providing a range of community services for people in Coventry.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust has been inspected 21 times since registration.  Out of these, there have been 12 inspections covering five locations which are registered for mental health conditions.  Hawkesbury Lodge has not previously been inspected.

Hawkesbury Lodge is a 20-bedded, mixed-sex, secure rehabilitation unit in Longford, Coventry. Three of the beds are in a wing that is used as a ‘step down’ facility. It is one of four units providing rehabilitation and recovery services in Coventry and Warwickshire.

It features an airlock comprising of two locked doors set opposite to each other at the main entrance. Referrals are from community mental health or inpatient services. People are either informal or formally detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and have a severe and enduring mental disorder with additional physical, social and psychological needs, including substance misuse.

Our MHA Commissioners previously visited this service on 14 July 2012 and identified several issues for people formally detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.

Updated 17 April 2014

Hawkesbury Lodge is a 20-bedded, mixed-sex, secure rehabilitation unit in Longford, Coventry. Three of the beds are in a wing that is used as a ‘step down’ facility. It is one of four units providing rehabilitation and recovery services in Coventry and Warwickshire. Referrals are from community mental health or inpatient services. People are either informal or formally detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and have a severe and enduring mental disorder with additional physical, social and psychological needs, including substance misuse.

We found that staff had systems to keep people safe and for reporting any issues of concern. Risk assessment systems were available to keep people and the environment safe. People and staff were encouraged to give feedback on the service and this was used to measure quality and effectiveness. Staff reported feeling supported and having access to training. Some systems for monitoring adherence with the Mental Health Act 1983 were in place. However, we did not find evidence that informal patients could access community leave as they wanted.

Staff used a ‘recovery approach’ to empower people to identify their own needs and the support required. People were given information and encouraged to give their views on their care; however systems for recording this needed improvement.

Staff at Hawkesbury Lodge had developed working relationships with other internal services, external community teams and agencies to help people access services. The rehabilitation and recovery service was developing systems to get greater feedback from people who used services and carers to influence the service.

Staff were given information and had an understanding of the governance framework, such as systems for feedback after incidents. Staff received support from their teams and line managers.

Updated 17 April 2014

We found that staff had systems to keep people safe and for reporting any issues of concern. Risk assessment systems were available to keep people and the environment safe. People and staff were encouraged to give feedback on the service and this was used to measure quality and effectiveness. Staff reported feeling supported and having access to training. Some systems for monitoring adherence with the Mental Health Act 1983 were in place. However, we did not find evidence that informal patients could access community leave as they wanted.

Staff used a ‘recovery approach’ to empower people to identify their own needs and the support required. People were given information and encouraged to give their views on their care; however systems for recording this needed improvements.

Staff at Hawkesbury Lodge had developed working relationships with other provider services, external community teams and agencies to help people access services. The rehabilitation and the recovery service was developing systems to get greater feedback from people and carers to influence the service.

Staff were given information and had an understanding of the governance framework such as systems for feedback after incidents. Staff received support from their teams and line managers.