Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the services provided to young people using mental health services at the Beacon Centre at Edgware Community Hospital.

Following a quality review by Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, in October 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out an unannounced inspection of its Beacon Centre. As a result of this inspection, the CQC’s overall rating of the Beacon Centre changed from ‘good’ to ‘requires improvement’. The CQC’s report is available at the following link:

https://www.cqc.org.uk/provider/RRP/report

The Trust’s improvement plan, already in place prior to the CQC’s visit, has since been strengthened following the recommendations made in their report. The unit has remained in internal mandated support by the Trust since July 2020. In May 2021, the CQC undertook a further unannounced visit to the unit in to assess progress made against its recommendations and the CQC intends to publish their report in mid-July.