{"id":442670,"date":"2026-05-15T07:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/442670\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T07:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:05:07","slug":"wotton-lawn-hospital-under-investigation-over-abuse-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/442670\/","title":{"rendered":"Wotton Lawn hospital under investigation over abuse concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Joanna&#8217;s friend is currently being cared for at the hospital and she described it as &#8220;absolute torture&#8221; and said her ward was &#8220;manic&#8221;, with a member of staff being openly abusive to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The issue, Joanna said, is about the number of staff who do not take the job seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She added she hopes this new enquiry will make a difference, as there are good staff who are struggling under the pressure.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There were some members of staff who were really good, who were very supportive, but they get burnt out too quickly, there&#8217;s just not enough of them unfortunately,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Joanna is currently receiving residential treatment away from Gloucester and is doing well, but her mother said her time in Wotton Lawn was &#8220;traumatic&#8221; and &#8220;exacerbated the trauma and her mental health needs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said her daughter was given razor blades by agency staff after asking for one to shave her legs and she ended up self-harming very badly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Joanna was also sent home on leave with razor blades and cut herself at home. her mother added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She also had concerns about the number of agency staff who were not &#8220;trauma informed&#8221; and has called for more understanding and access to treatment &#8220;as a basic&#8221; starting point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not just more resources; it has to be a change of thinking from senior managers down,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joanna&#8217;s friend is currently being cared for at the hospital and she described it as &#8220;absolute torture&#8221; and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46],"class_list":["post-442670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}