Ashworth Hospital
Ashworth Hospital is a specially secured psychiatric hospital in Maghull , Merseyside , England .
Ashworth is one of three specially secured psychiatric hospitals in England and Wales , along with Rampton Secure Hospital and Broadmoor Hospital . The job of these hospitals is to treat people who are classified as dangerous, violent or criminal.
Ashworth Hospital is managed by the Mersey Care NHS Trust . It grew out of the old Moss Side Hospital and Park Lane Hospital and opened as a relief for Broadmoor Hospital in the early 1970s.
The eastern part of the old building is leased to Prison Service and is now HM Prison Kennet .
Procedures
Patients come to this hospital in different ways, but all of them pose a threat to themselves or the public. A large number, but not all, of the patients come out of prison, others are admitted to the courts or come from other hospitals. Not all patients to the hospital referred to, are also taken for treatment. Each patient who is to be admitted is examined by a group of doctors to assess their admission options. After admission, he will be subjected to further examinations in one of the admission stations. The doctor's assessment can take weeks or months, depending on the severity of the patient's condition. The length of stay in hospital varies widely and ranges from a few months to years with an average of six years. Patients remain in the hospital until their health allows them to be transferred to another facility. The majority of the patients come from North West England , the West Midlands or Wales . Ashworth Hospital patients suffer from a number of diseases. The majority suffer from psychotic conditions such as schizophrenia . Many also suffer from a personality disorder as a concomitant disease to an underlying disease, but some also have just one personality disorder.
Ashworth Hospital currently has 14 wards. It currently treats around 220 male patients.
In the surrounding towns of Maghull, Lydiate and Melling , Ashworth Hospital is known to test its siren every Monday morning at 9 a.m. The siren is used to warn residents that a dangerous patient has escaped from the hospital. This has happened twice in the history of the hospital, but these are events that preceded the commissioning of the current buildings, from which no escape has yet occurred.
Known patients
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ashworth Hospital ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Mersey Care NHS Trust, accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Ashworth Hospital: Patient services ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Mersey Care NHS Trust accessed on September 29, 2013.
Coordinates: 53 ° 31 '12.7 " N , 2 ° 54' 39.4" W.