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Fast-track MH, Stockton and Hartlepool

Our £9million Mental Health Developments for Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS were developed under the Procure 21 Framework, working with the Taylor Woodrow Team from November 2005.

Three buildings, in Hartlepool and Stockton, support the Trust’s new model of care for Adults, Older Adults, and people with Learning Disabilities, and their vision to create high quality, therapeutic accommodation for people with mental health problems.

The services provided are:

• Hartlepool “Sandwell Park” 16Bed Adult, 16Bed Older Adult,
• Stockton “Lustrum Vale” 20Bed Older Adult Unit,
• Stockton “The Dales” 10bed Learning Disabilities Unit

Intrinsic to the success of the schemes was Stakeholder involvement. Workshops were held at key stages of the design with clinicians, staff, service users and carers contributing to development of the brief and healthcare planning, interior design and artwork for the buildings.

Primarily residential in scale, the buildings are fully accessible, and create views and access to safe outdoor space. A mix of traditional with modern materials creates a modern but homely and therapeutic environment supporting the Trust’s vision for future healthcare.

As part of the space planning and detail design stage, full-size mock-ups of the bedrooms and bathrooms were built, to ensure users had every opportunity to “road-test” the new facilities – particularly as the Trust was in the middle of the strategy for the replacement of St Luke’s Hospital – a new 300 bed mental health hospital.

Some comments from the Open Day..

“What a lot of thought and care has gone into the planning of these units to provide dignity, respect, safety and security for the future patients. The artwork has so much thought put into it too.”

“An outstanding new facility. Particularly like the way the unit feels more of a “home” than a hospital facility. The décor and colour scheme is very modern, yet homely and the bedrooms are large with excellent facilities. I would be more than happy to have a family member stay in the unit.”

“It is unbelievable how everything has been adapated for all disabled. A lot of planning has gone into by some very clever people. I would be happy to let anyone I know to be accommodated here. Everything is excellent. Good luck.”

Client:

Tees Esk and Wear NHS Trust

Completion:

December 2006

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