Liverpool Mental Health Services
3 Devonshire Road, Princes Park, Liverpool, L8 3TX
North West · Liverpool · domiciliary
Inadequate
Key question ratings
- Safe
- Inadequate
- Caring
- Requires improvement
- Well-led
- Inadequate
- Effective
- Inadequate
- Responsive
- Requires improvement
Inspection history
| Published | Overall | Change | Transition | AI summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-06 | Inadequate | new | Unrated→Inadequate | Liverpool Mental Health Services was rated Inadequate because of serious breaches in medication safety, risk assessment, staffing competency, and governance. The service failed to safely store, document and administer medication, with instances of people not receiving prescribed doses or receiving discontinued medications. Additionally, there was inadequate leadership, ineffective audits, poor record-keeping, and insufficient trained staff, with 50-70% of daytime support provided by inexperienced or temporary workers over six weeks. |