Wonford House Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Wonford, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 50°42′54″N3°30′23″W / 50.7150°N 3.5063°W Coordinates: 50°42′54″N3°30′23″W / 50.7150°N 3.5063°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public NHS |
Type | Specialty |
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History | |
Opened | 1869 |
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Lists | Hospitals in England |
Wonford House Hospital, also previously known as the Wonford House Asylum and Exe Vale Hospital is a building built as an 'asylum for lunatics', and which has continued to provide mental health care, now being the headquarters building of the Devon Partnership NHS Trust, and housing a number of mental health units in the grounds.
The Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy made a report in 1842 that the City of Exeter Lunatic Asylum was in need of additional facilities. Rather than expanding the existing site, the commissioners purchased around 20 acres of land in Heavitree for a new building. [1]
The foundation stone for the new hospital was laid on 18 October 1866, [2] and was opened on 7 July 1869 by William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon, Earl of Devon and the Mayor of Exeter. [3]
The main house is now the headquarters of the Devon Partnership NHS Trust, which provides mental health services across Devon,
In the grounds of the house is Devon's only Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), the Junipers, which opened in 2019, with 10 beds. [4] [5]
Exminster is a village situated on the southern edge of the City of Exeter on the western side of the Exeter ship canal and River Exe in the county of Devon, England. It is around 6 km (3.7 mi) south of the centre of Exeter, and has a population of 3,084, increasing to 3,368 at the 2011 census.
The Countess of Chester is the main NHS hospital for Chester and its surrounding area. It currently has 625 beds, general medical departments and a 24-hour accident and emergency unit. It is managed by the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, one of the first Foundation Trusts in the UK, formed in 2004. Cardiac rehabilitation services at the hospital are provided by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Morningside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian.
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Gartnavel Royal Hospital is a mental health facility based in the west end of Glasgow, Scotland. It provides inpatient psychiatric care for the population of the West of the City. It used to house the regional adolescent psychiatric unit but this has recently moved to a new psychiatric unit at Stobhill Hospital. The Hospital is a venue used by the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland. Some parts of the hospital are classified as a category A building and are also deemed at risk.
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Middlewood Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital situated between the suburbs of Middlewood and Wadsley in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It was also known as the South Yorkshire Asylum (1872–1888), the West Riding Asylum, Wadsley (1889–1929) and Wadsley Mental Hospital (1930–1948). It was one of four hospitals that made up The West Riding General Asylums Committee. It closed in 1996 and is now a private housing development called Wadsley Park Village.
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Ailsa Hospital is a mental health facility located in the southeastern outskirts of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
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