- SERVICE PROVIDER
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
This is an organisation that runs the health and social care services we inspect
Report from 28 February 2025 assessment
Ratings - Perinatal services
Our view of the service
The Yorkshire and Humber Mother and Baby Unit in Leeds is a specialist service consisting of one 8-bed ward for women in the late stages of pregnancy or who have a baby under the age of 1 year old, who require an in-patient stay with their baby due to a mental disorder arising in the perinatal period. The ward provides a regional service to people living in Yorkshire and Humber. The ward has never been inspected since it opened. This assessment has been completed following Care Quality Commission (CQC) new approach to assessment; Single Assessment Framework (SAF). We carried out our assessment on 10 and 11 September 2024. This was an unannounced assessment, which meant the provider did not know we were coming. During this assessment we looked at all quality statements across all 5 key questions. As we assessed all quality statements at this visit, it means the current rating reflects the findings from this assessment. Overall, the service was rated as good, but, we found a breach of the legal regulation in relation to good governance. We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found in relation to monitoring of mandatory training.
People's experience of this service
We spoke with 3 patients and 2 partners/significant others. Patients told us they felt safe in the service and staff shared information with appropriate community teams to ensure they got the right support. They told us staff were very responsive when they needed help and there was always enough staff around. Staff used a least restrictive approach and people felt involved in their care and treatment. Staff supported patients in ways that allowed them to do the things that were important to them and treated them with respect and kindness. People had access to appropriate therapies and activities, both on and off the ward. They took part in regular community meetings, and had a say in how the ward was run. Patients and their partners/significant others were encouraged to attend care reviews, and they felt supported and listened to by staff. People could maintain contact with their loved ones as much as they wanted and there were no restrictions on visiting. Patients confirmed they had the opportunity to provide feedback about the service and had access to information, including how to make a complaint.