Fieldhead Hospital
| Fieldhead Hospital | |
|---|---|
| South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England |
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| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University of Huddersfield |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | N/A |
| Beds | 208 |
| Speciality | Psychiatric and Learning Disability Hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1972 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
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Fieldhead Hospital is a psychiatric and learning disability hospital in Wakefield, United Kingdom. It is managed by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
History
[edit | edit source]The hospital, which replaced earlier hospitals such as Oulton Hall, Hatfield Hall and Cardigan Hospital, was built at a cost of £2 million and opened by Princess Alexandra on 11 July 1972.[1] The hospital was designed as a series of villas, each named after a local area and each intended to accommodate a category of resident i.e. children, adolescents, adults, geriatrics, or severely disabled.[1]
A medium secure unit, known as Newton Lodge, was built in the north east of the hospital site for mentally disordered offenders in the early 1980s.[2]
The hospital started offering a broader range of psychiatric services, after the Stanley Royd Hospital closed in 1995.[3] A patient with paranoid schizophrenia was charged with murdering a fellow-patient at the hospital in December 1998.[4]
The "Unity Centre", a new building with state of the art therapeutic areas, en-suite bathrooms and vastly improved patient relaxation areas, which was built at a cost of £17 million, was opened in September 2017.[5]
Mental Health Museum
[edit | edit source]The Mental Health Museum (previously known as the Stephen Beaumont Museum of Mental Health) is located at the hospital. It contains artefacts and exhibits from Stanley Royd Hospital in Wakefield.[6] Artefacts include restraining equipment, a padded cell, photographs, medical and surgical equipment, and documents. There is also a scale model of Stanley Royd Hospital, which was the museum's original location until the hospital closed in 1995.[7][8]
See also
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External links
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