Services run by a Greater Manchester NHS trust are told to 'rapidly improve' by a health watchdog.
Mental health wards where staff were unable to stop patients smoking and did not know what to do when fire alarms went off have been ordered to "rapidly improve".
The service, run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, has been downgraded to inadequate by the Care Quality Commission . Alison Chilton from the CQC said inspectors found fire safety was a particular issue on the wards, as staff lacked fire safety training and regular drills did not take place.
When a fire alarm was set off during their visit on one of the wards, the response was "uncoordinated and confused", the watchdog's report said.The management of ligature risk assessments on the mental health wards and psychiatric units were also a concern for inspectors.
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