Royal Hospital for Children and Young People: Melville Inpatient Unit – safe delivery of care inspection report October 2025
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Document Type
Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)
Inspection reports
Summary
We carried out an unannounced inspection to The Melville Inpatient Unit, NHS Lothian on Monday 12, Thursday 15 and Friday 16 May 2025 using our safe delivery of care inspection methodology.
During our inspection, we:
- inspected the unit environment.
- observed staff practice and interactions with patients.
- spoke with young people, relatives/visitors and ward staff.
- accessed patients’ health records, monitoring reports, policies and procedures.
Our findings
This inspection resulted in 14 areas of good practice, two recommendations and 14 requirements.