A different kind of art therapy

An art therapist who was up to no good with a patient at a psychiatric hospital, has been suspended for 18 months after a meeting of the Health Professions Council. Trinity Marriott, who also went under the name of Trinity Gidney, had a sexual relationship with a patient while working at a hospital in Kewstoke, Avon. The hospital is described as low secure, as well as providing PICU (psychiatric intensive care unit) services.

On its website, the hospital states, "We are proud of the service we provide and invite you to have a look at our most recent inspection from the Healthcare Commission which can now be found on the Care Quality Commission website." I suspect Ms Marriott/Gidney's 'service' isn't listed in the inspection, that it isn't part of the 'intensive care' services, and that it's not a 'service' the hospital is 'proud of'.

The Health Profession Council may have done her a favour. Ms Marriott/Gidney now has the opportunity to concentrate more on her art.