The facilities are designed to reduce the number of patients who travel outside the county for treatmentWork is due to start on new £148.4m mental health facilities in Derbyshire aimed at reducing the number of patients having to travel outside the county for care.It is hoped they will improve safety, privacy and dignity for psychiatric patients by eliminating dormitory-style accommodation.
He said he had needed inpatient care in 2013 but had to be sent to Harrogate, in North Yorkshire, and spent 14 weeks away from his home in Alfreton, Derbyshire, because there were no suitable local facilities."As I got closer to going home, it got far more difficult being away."
I hope that both units have improved health based place of safety units (136 suites). Derbyshire 136 provision is woefully underfunded. No dedicated staff means people in crisis spend long periods with Police officers awaiting assessment. MH is not a crime
Please refer to it as a psychiatric hospital not ‘mental’