I'm surprised
Mental health patients would even have access to such things as a kettle and boiling water
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 8:54, 1 reply)

Don't know how it is with mental health
But I'm taking a guess that it's pretty similar to LD - basicaly any potential hazard (I.E people hurting themselves or others intentionaly or accidentaly with boiling water) will have a risk assesment written up and planned for each patient. If the risk is too high then the risk (kettle) is removed. If it's deemed an unlikely or acceptable risk then it's the job of the risk assessment to inform staff of the appropriate steps that need to be taken to minimise any potential risk. Of course that's in theory.....
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 11:48, closed)

I'm sure the poor nurse who probably needed skin grafts would be happy to hear that!

(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 12:25, closed)

Well yes that is an utterly horrible thing to happen
And with the right safeguards in place, it shouldn't have happened. Like I said, that's how it's supposed to work in theory. In practice (and again going from what I know of the sector I've had experiance with) either the person responsible for writing the risk assesments was lazy and/or incompetant or understaffing and underfunding lead to a situation that allowed the accident to happen.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 13:16, closed)

funnily enough
Secure services generally don't allow patients in the kitchen for obvious reason. Yet the male medium Ward decided they couldn't be arsed making the Guy a brew. Woops.
(NancyDrew Expert lurker until, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 18:27, closed)