NHS England has asked for nearly 300 patients to be moved from a mental health hospital run by St Andrew’s Healthcare in Northampton due to safety concerns for the patients.
The letter from NHS England, published online noted that the move was needed because:
“we still do not have adequate assurance that patient safety is improving at a rate it needs to and our concerns about patient safety remain; we therefore must act now to ensure patients receive the care and treatment they deserve.”
The charity St Andrew’s Healthcare is a leading independent provider of services in the mental health sector primarily for NHS patients. The organisation’s sites in Birmingham and North Benfleet, Essex, are not currently affected by the decision.
Full article in The Lowdown, 11 March 2026
