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 Foundation Trust
West Park Hospital in Darlington - run by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.
Map
Geography
LocationDarlington, County Durham, England
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
TypePsychiatric
Services
Emergency departmentNo
Bedsapproximately 94
History
OpenedDecember 2004
Links
Websitewww.tewv.nhs.uk
ListsHospitals in England

West Park Hospital is a modern NHS adult psychiatric hospital in Darlington, County Durham, England. It is managed by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative ('PFI') contract, to replace outdated facilitates at the Pierremont Unit and the Beaumont Ward at Darlington Memorial Hospital and at the Gables Unit in Sedgefield, in 2002.[1] It was built at a cost of £16 million and was officially opened by Alan Milburn, Minister for the Cabinet Office, in December 2004.[2] At the time of opening the new facility had 24 rooms for older people, 60 bedrooms for acute adult patients and 10 intensive care beds.[1]

In 2009 the Trust decided to exercise a break clause in the contract allowing it to terminate the contract early by paying £18 million up front.[3][a]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Hexham General Hospital is another example of the Trust buying itself out of the PFI contract

References

  1. ^ a b "New mental health hospital opens". BBC. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Trust buys back hospital". Northern Echo. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Hospital saves £14m by getting out of PFI deal". The Telegraph. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2018.