Child protection at Scots secure unit ‘consistently compromised’

Another concern noted was that there some of the young people did not have their medication administered on a regular basis, while poor record keeping and “inconsistent” care plans were also discovered.

“Repeated examples” were found of care plans not being followed, placing both staff and young people “at significant risk of harm”.

A prior decision to open five houses around the unit had been made without “sufficient analysis” of staffing and service levels.

A previous inspection in November 2023 saw inspectors request four requirements for improvement along with a further “area for improvement”.

However, by the time of the follow-up inspection, which took place over five days in September and October this year, none of the five requests had been met.

The report did note that there were examples of “compassionate care and support” from staff to young people and that there were good examples of young people achieving in school.