The family of a Southall man who died after jumping in front of a train have criticised a trust he was cared under after a report said it "requires improvement".

West London Mental Health NHS Trust (WLMHT) was given the overall rating in a report published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on Thursday (February 9).

Nine of its 11 core services "requires improvement", the report said, including acute wards for adults of working age and psychiatric intensive care units.

Peter Docherty, who a coroner determined died after jumping in front of a train in January 2015 , was staying under the care of this core service.

It was heard at an inquest last month that Mr Docherty, who was staying at the Ravencourt Ward, was released before his death despite being "high risk" .

Clinical negligence lawyer at Hodge Jones & Allen, Agata Usewicz, acting for the family of Mr Docherty, said his family found the report a "great disappointment".

The lawyer added: "At the inquest, a trust representative stated that since Mr Docherty’s death, numerous changes had been made to improve patient safety.

"Given the findings of the CQC, it would appear that these changes have not gone far enough.

"It appears that a lot more needs to be done to ensure that vulnerable patients such as Peter Docherty are provided with the treatment and care they require, and to avoid future deaths."

Mr Docherty "carried out an act of self harm whilst suffering from mental illness", coroner Sarah Ormond-Walshe determined.

The core service Mr Docherty was staying in was also given a "requires improvement" rating in a previous inspection in June 2015.

CQC also highlighted a number of concerns for WLMH, including how it was not always able to provide a bed on an acute ward for patients with a clinical need.

But the report did say that staff morale had improved, more incidents were being reported and that staff were well supported.

A WLMH spokesman said: "It is clear that in Peter’s case there are things we could, and should, have done better.

"However, from better medicines management to more manageable caseloads, the CQC have recognised the huge range of improvements that our staff have worked tirelessly to put in place.

"Our acute inpatients transformation programme is about improving the quality of our services and making them more responsive to patients’ needs.

"This means being able to discharge patients when they are well enough and having positive support in the community to ensure continuity of care.

"We have been clear that there is much more for us to do and work is well under way to develop our new CQC improvement plan.

"This re-inspection report clearly highlights the huge range of improvements that our staff have worked tirelessly to put in place.

"From our new Thames Lodge medium secure unit to improvements in staff morale, reduction and review of restrictive practices and work to improve the assessment, monitoring and treatment of our patients’ physical health.

"The report also recognises a much improved incident reporting culture, positive medicines management and work to achieve more manageable caseloads for our staff. "

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