Patients and staff at a psychiatric unit in south Belfast had to be treated in hospital following an incident over the weekend
Patients and staff at a psychiatric unit in south Belfast have had to be treated in hospital following an incident over the weekend.It happened in the early hours of Saturday morning at the Shannon Clinic.
The Shannon Clinic is a 34-bed medium secure unit, which provides inpatient services for people with mental illness who require psychiatric treatment.It is understood an incident developed between two patients which quickly escalated and required staff to step in to protect other patients and staff members.
A spokesperson for the Belfast Trust said staff working in forensic mental health, as well as those across health and social care, are "experiencing increasing pressure as demand for services continues to grow".
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