Member

My amendment is rather lengthy, but its key provisions can be summarised quite briefly. First, there should be much stricter and more explicit duties for hospital managers. Whenever a child is admitted to an adult ward, there should be a laid down process obliging the manager to record the fact of the admission, the justification for it, what the hospital is going to do to look after the child safely, and what they propose regarding transferring the child to a more appropriate setting. If a child continues to be accommodated in an adult ward for an extended period, the director of children’s services in the appropriate local authority should be notified. In Wales, it would be the director of social services.