Cygnet Health Care

Cygnet Health Care is a commercial provider of mental health services which operates 17 centres across England with more than 730 beds. The company headquarters is in Sevenoaks, Kent. It is a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, acquired for £205 million in 2014.[1]

Some of the company's clients pay privately, but most are funded by the NHS buying extra capacity. In 2013/4 Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust spent £1.2 million with the company.[2]

In 2011 the company was warned by the Care Quality Commission about staffing levels at Cygnet Wing Blackheath.[3] Improvements were still required at the CQC inspection in April 2014.[4]

In 2013 the Care Quality Commission issued a warning in respect of Cygnet Hospital Bierley because the service was failing to ensure that appropriate records were kept.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "UHS bolts Alpha Hospitals onto Cygnet". Health Investor. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Mental health bed shortage". Lancashire Evening Post. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "CQC warns Cygnet Health Care Limited that it is failing to protect the safety and welfare of people". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Cygnet Wing Blackheath". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "CQC warns Cygnet Health Care Limited that they must make improvements". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

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