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Decision Report 202001512

Case ref:

202001512
Date:

January 2021
Body:

Lothian NHS Board - Acute Division
Sector:

Health
Outcome:

Not upheld, no recommendations
Subject:

admission / discharge / transfer procedures

Summary

C was an in-patient in a general adult psychiatry ward at a hospital outwith the Lothian NHS board area. A referral was made to transfer C and their baby to the Parent and Baby Psychiatric Unit at St John's Hospital but this was refused. C said that they were finding caring for their baby difficult in an adult environment and complained that the refusal was unreasonable.

We took independent advice from an appropriately qualified adviser. We found that the decision not to approve the transfer was reasonable from a clinical perspective. We did not uphold the complaint.