Scots kids with eating disorders restrained by 'heavy-handed' medics and fed by nasal tube
Youngsters with eating disorders were left traumatised after being restrained by "heavy-handed" medics and fed by nasal tube - with patients telling inspectors of stressed staff and missed feeds.
The 12-page report said: "As a result, there have been times when these treatments have not been carried out. The young people told us when the unit is short staffed, it causes staff on the shift to be 'stressed'. Inspectors visited the unit in April and had not planned to return until 2023. But in August the commission said it received information from staff highlighting "significant concerns in relation to the young people's care and treatment at the unit, specifically incidents of missed nutrition".
Inspectors also found one patient who felt they did not have control over decisions being made about their care, patients with eating disorders having more comprehensive records than those with a different mental health diagnosis, and a lack of opportunity for nursing staff to have regular therapeutic interventions with the young people. Staffing was also raised among the concerns of inspectors, with retention and sickness issues seeing agency staff called in, especially at weekends.
"All staff we spoke to told us that they find the current staffing situation in the unit extremely difficult," the report said. "Some of the staff told us that it was 'physically impossible' for them to complete all tasks recorded on the care and treatment plans of the young people.
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