Talk:Broadmoor Hospital

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heya my mum's cousin was in Broadmoor and now he is on the streets on London !! He was m8's with The Krays (Twins)--86.128.117.109 15:51, 7 May 2006 (UTC)


Is it necerserry to have a reference for the title of the article. It looks a bit silly TBH. Ydam 14:03, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Now that you have pointed it out -I am inclined to agree with you. I'll make it an external link.--Aspro 16:08, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Notable patients of Broadmoor Hospital

I propose that this section be used for those patients who are notable for reasons other than what brought them to be at the hospital. Arguable, there could arise an exception to this, but without such a limiting semantic factor applied to 'notable' it could end up a very long list.--Aspro 17:31, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Also, should Ian Huntley be added to the notable patients list? My dad is works at Broadmoor, previously as a Mental Health Nurse I think, now as a search officer. I think he said that Huntley was being moved to Broadmoor, but someone needs to double check this. --Shadowoflinux 21:45, 22 August 2006 (UTC

Ian Brady is not and has never been in Broadmoor Special Hospital, He is in Ashworth Hospital
(comment by user:Fred_nelson moved here from main article by) --Aspro 13:10, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
I say no. I think 'notable' should be reserved for people who were notable for 'other' reasons such as Richard_Dadd the artist (the Museum Room at Broadmoor is decorated with some prints of his work) or the chap who became a prolific contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary. It is pointless putting everybody into this category for the sole reason that they are at Broadmoor - and it is difficult to keep current.--Aspro 17:09, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

"Brady spent 19 years in HMP Parkhurst (at one point befriending serial poisoner and fellow Nazi aficionado Graham Frederick Young) before he was declared mentally disordered in 1985 and sent to Broadmoor Hospital, a secure psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane." Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Brady

Ian Brady was an inmate/patient for a number of years.86.16.138.134 15:35, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DSPD

There should really be a separate page for 'DSPD' as the entry would also be relevant to Rampton Hospital, various UK prisons and the UK Ministry of Justice (nee Home Office). There is also a great deal more to be said about the legal and psychiatric status of DSPD 'patients'. I will try to find time for this in the next week or so. --Mehr licht 21:14, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Agree: Ignorance breeds misunderstandings. It needs 'more light' -if you pardon the pun.
Meanwhile this article has staled so , I will attempt giving it some structure. --Aspro 11:43, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Have made some changes to the layout. Also, added a Notes section, so that the 'main body' of text can be kept concise, whilst allowing for the inclusion of what 'some but not all' readers might find interesting detail. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cnote on how to use . This should make it easier to expand this article without it getting jumbled.--Aspro 11:47, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Security Rating

Broadmoor isn't a "maximum security" hospital; it is classed as "high" secure, equivalent to a Category B UK prison. A Category A UK prison is more secure and in the UK there is no such thing as a "maximum" scure hosptial or prison. I've changed the relevant part of the text to reflect this. Gruffty 21:48, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I have amended the description in the first line to 'high security'. This is the correct term: it is consistent with the language used in the description of such hospitals in section 123 of the Mental Health Act 1983.--Greatest hits 17:41, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reference to ROI hospital in first paragraph

"The Republic of Ireland has The Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum."

I don't see why this article should mention anything about the Republic of Ireland's hospitals, some people here may be misinformed and think that the two countries are still in union and are dependent on one another, this is not the case, they are two separate sovereign states. Talking about the ROI here is akin to mentioning hospitals in China, Germany or Mexico, it's unneeded and inappropriate. Removed for the time being. Your views? 86.16.138.134 15:29, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Yup, it's not relevant to the article on Broadmoor. However, it might be worth slotting into an article on High Security Psychiatric Hospitals (if there is one). Gruffty 00:12, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HORRID SENTENCE STRUCTURE

"During the early 1990s at least one nearby school maintained, and on occasion used, procedures designed to ensure, in the event of a Broadmoor escape, that no child was ever out of the direct supervision of a member of staff" -- Obviously, this wordy nonsence of a sentence was composed by an inmate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.69.81.2 (talk) 18:22, 10 April 2008 (UTC)