Midpark Hospital

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Midpark Hospital
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
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Entrance to Midpark Hospital
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Shown in Dumfries and Galloway
Geography
Location Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 55°03′06″N3°35′21″W / 55.0517°N 3.5891°W / 55.0517; -3.5891 (Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary)
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Type Acute Mental Health Unit
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
Beds85
History
Opened2012
Links
Website www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk/Hospitals/Midpark_Hospital
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Midpark Hospital is a modern acute mental health unit located in Dumfries. The hospital is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.

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History

Design

The hospital was designed to replace aging accommodation at a number of sites: the Cree West ward at the Crichton Royal Hospital; the hospice block at the Crichton; Lahraig at the Nithbank site; and the Wellgreen cottages at Glencaple Road. [1] It was one of the first projects to be procured through Frameworks Scotland. [2]

The architects for the new hospital were Ingenium Archial Ltd, with WSP and Arups handling engineering aspects. [3] The landscape architects for the site were award-winning Glasgow firm erz Ltd [4] who designed the campus, the courtyards, the entry areas and the woodland setting. the site is typified by its colourful planting and useful, therapeutic outdoor spaces. The building incorporates best practice design for people with dementia and mental illness and has received a BREEAM rating of "excellent". [5]

The entrance garden DoubleWalk was designed by Jencks2, [6] [7] a partnership between Charles Jencks and Lilly Jencks. [8] The garden features a 'landform' typical of Charles Jencks' work. He describes it as "A landform that pulls in the distant landscape of the Criffel mountain, the Nith River, Dumfries and the cosmic setting." [7]

The project received the following awards: 2011 Health Facilities Scotland Awards (design commendation), [5] 2012 NHS Scotland HFS Environment and Design Award (winner) [5] and the BREEM awards 2015 (shortlisted). [9]

Construction

Construction work on the new hospital started in 2010. [10] It was built by Laing O'Rourke at a cost of £29 million [11] and officially opened by the Duchess of Gloucester in May 2012. [12]

Services

The hospital has six ward areas: Balcary (intensive psychiatric care), Cree (older adult assessment), Dalveen (rehabilitation), Ettrick (adult acute admissions), Glencairn (older adult acute admissions) and Nithsdale (adult acute admissions). [13]

Friends of Midpark Hospital

The "Friends of Midpark Hospital" was set up to help coordinate volunteers and became a registered charity (registered charity number SC042993) [14] in 2012. [15]

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  3. ↑ "Scotland's new buildings: Health: Midpark Hospital". www.urbanrealm.com. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "About us". erz. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 "Midpark Acute Mental Health Unit". Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland . Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "DOUBLEWALK, DUMFRIES". Lily Jencks Studio. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  7. 1 2 "DoubleWalk Midpark Hospital, Dumfries, Scotland". charlesjencks.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
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  9. ↑ "BREEAM Awards 2015 - the Shortlists". BREEAM. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
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  14. ↑ "Search Scottish Charity Register: Charity Details: Friends of Midpark Hospital, SC042993". Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator . Retrieved 22 January 2015.
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