The inspection of Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital in Coventry was carried out in July 2024.

The service was issued with three warning notices following the inspection for failing to meet regulations relating to staff abuse of children and young people during incidents of restraint, as well as risk management involving ligatures and emergency responses in relation to resuscitation. 

A further inspection was carried out in October with its findings still to be published after the hospital had changed to only providing a service to adults.

A spokesperson for Cygnet said: ‘While we respect the importance of regulatory oversight, we are disappointed that the CQC has taken over six months to publish this report into the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services provision, which we decided to stop providing at the hospital last year.

‘We continue to strongly refute any allegations of abuse. The police and local safeguarding authorities have closed their investigations into a small number of safeguarding incidents that we reported to them last summer, and they concluded no further action will be taken.

‘After careful consideration last September, we made the decision to change the services offered at Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital and to discontinue our Child and Adolescent Mental Health provision at the site.

‘We collaborated with the CQC and other partners, including NHS commissioners, during the transition of our service to adult care. We will continue to work transparently to demonstrate our commitment to maintaining high standards of care and look forward to the publication of the most recent CQC inspection, which took place in October 2024.'