Lanchester Road Hospital
| Lanchester Road Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation NHS Trust | |
 Lanchester Road Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Standort | Durham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Typ | Learning Disabilities, Psychiatric |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Lanchester Road Hospital is a mental health facility located in County Durham, England, and lies on a large site just north west of Durham city. It is managed by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation NHS Trust.[1]
History
The hospital has its origins in Earl's House Industrial School, which was opened as a vocational residential school by the magistrates of County Durham in 1885 on the former site of Earl's House Farm.[2] The school was declared unfit for purpose in the 1920s and, in 1928, Earl's House Sanatorium was established on the site.
The sanatorium treated children with tuberculosis until 1953, when it became Earl's House Hospital - caring for people with mental health issues and learning disabilities.[3] The original red brick sections of the hospital later provided offices for County Durham Primary Care Trust.[4]
The hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2008. It was announced that the new facility, to be known as the Lanchester Road Hospital, will "... provide adult mental health and learning disability services and has been designed to provide people with a safe, homely and therapeutic environment."[5] The new facility, built at a cost of £17.9 million, opened in 2010.[6]
Services
There are seven wards at Lancaster Road Hospital: (i) Bek - learning disability (adults) assessment, treatment and rehabilitation services (ii) Farnham - adult inpatient services, male (iii) Harland - low secure forensic long term treatment ward for male adults with a learning disability (iv) Langley - low secure forensic rehabilitation ward for male adults with a learning disability (v) Ramsey - learning disability (adults) assessment, treatment and rehabilitation services (vi) Roseberry, Bowes Lyon Unit - older people's assessment and treatment inpatient services and (vii) Tunstall - adult inpatient services, female.[1] Appleton House is the home of the North of England Commissioning Support Unit and provides faith and chaplaincy services as well as pharmacy services.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Lanchester Road Hospital". Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation NHS Trust. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Earl's House School" (PDF). Durham County Council. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Earl's House School (now Earl's House Hospital), Lanchester Road, Durham". Durham at war. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Earl's House Hospital". Alchetron.com. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Contracts signed to build healthcare developments 29 May 2008". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "MP's praise for new hospital 11 March 2010". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
