{"id":355369,"date":"2026-01-06T15:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/355369\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:37:08","slug":"nhs-dumfries-and-galloway-apologises-to-ladyfield-psychiatric-unit-child-abuse-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/355369\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS Dumfries and Galloway apologises to Ladyfield psychiatric unit child abuse victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A health board has issued a \u201cfull and unreserved apology\u201d to victims of historical child abuse at a psychiatric unit in Dumfries. <\/p>\n<p>Ladyfield estate, which was previously run by NHS Dumfries and Galloway, has come under scrutiny by the long-running Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry<\/p>\n<p>In an update published in an NHS Dumfries and Galloway report in December, the NHS board chief<br \/>executive said conditions children and young people experienced at the estate were \u201ctotally unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>An apology was issued on behalf of the health board to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry and affected individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The update detailed in the report added that NHS Dumfries and Galloway no longer provides inpatient mental health care facilities, with services now accessed through the new Children\u2019s Hospital and Skye House, operated by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.<\/p>\n<p>Clinicians will maintain responsibility for children and young people who seek treatment outwith NHS Dumfries and Galloway, the update added.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A health board has issued a \u201cfull and unreserved apology\u201d to victims of historical child abuse at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-355369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}