West Park Hospital

This article is about the psychiatric unit in Darlington, County Durham. For the former mental hospital in Epsom, Surrey, see West Park Hospital, Epsom.
West Park Hospital
Tees, Esk, and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Geography
Location Darlington, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type Psychiatric
Affiliated university Unknown
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
Beds approximately 116
History
Founded late 2004
Links
Website Homepage
Lists Hospitals in England

West Park Hospital is a modern NHS adult psychiatric hospital in Darlington, County Durham. It was built to replace the dated facilies at the now demolished Winterton Hospital and the Pierremont unit at Darlington Memorial Hospital.

The hospital is part of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust which also manages Roseberry Park Hospital, Middlesbrough and Lanchester Road Hospital, Durham. The hospital provides adult inpatient care consisting of acute admissions wards, an eating disorders ward, an older people's ward and a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU). Darlington community mental health team offices are also based on the site.

The wards at West Park consists of all ground-floor single bedrooms. Males and females also have separate TV lounges and washroom facilities. Each ward has its own garden. The hospital provides a restaurant and shop for staff, patients and visitors and a gym for inpatients. The hospital also has a library for the staff and students, an on-site pharmacy and a multi-faith prayer room.

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    Coordinates: 54°32′36″N 1°35′26″W / 54.54327°N 1.5906°W / 54.54327; -1.5906

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