Ward Watch Campaign
EDM number 363 in 2004-05, proposed by Doug Naysmith on 09/12/2004.
That this House supports Mind's Ward Watch campaign to improve hospital conditions for mental health patients; agrees with Mind that hospitals should treat the meeting of minimum standards as the starting point for providing a truly therapeutic environment and not as an end in itself; and further agrees that mixed sex wards must be eliminated, that service users must be involved in the planning and delivery of services, that urgent action must be taken to improve the experiences and perceptions of safety in mental health wards, that insufficient staffing levels and the reliance on agency staff must be addressed immediately and that all patients must have access to fresh air, exercise and meaningful recreation.
This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs.
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