Cefn Coed Hospital

Cefn Coed Hospital
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
Geography
Location Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system NHS Wales
Hospital type Psychiatric
Services
Emergency department No
History
Founded 1929
Links
Website www.swansea-tr.wales.nhs.uk/cefncoed.htm
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Cefn Coed Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Swansea, Wales.

The hospital is run by Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board. As well as general adult and old age psychiatric care, it also supports substance abusers. The hospital library is open to students of nursing and medicine at Swansea University.

It is also the Central & West Regional Headquarters of the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The trust has a regional headquarters in the south-east at Vantage Point House Clinical Contact Centre and the trust headquarters is at HM Stanley Hospital in St Asaph, which is also the regional headquarters for the north.

The original building was completed in 1929. Changes to mental health services with more care being provided in the community have made the building unsuitable for modern day health care. On site care has been transferred to newer premises built nearby.

Work started in 2009 to build modern replacement mental health accommodation and facilities, including Ysbryd y Coed in the grounds of Cefn Coed, which is purpose-built for patients with dementia. Other new builds in the Cefn Coed grounds are the 18-bed Gwelfor Rehabilitation Unit and two supported houses for recovering patients preparing to move back home.[1]

In March 2015 the health board’s new low-secure mental health unit, Taith Newydd, opened in Bridgend, replacing some of the old wards at Cefn Coed. Other new mental health builds include the ARC Centre and Angelton Clinic in Bridgend, and Ty Einon in Swansea. In 2015 the NHS announced that the phased closure of Cefn Coed Hospital would continue for the next three to five years, with several decommissioned wards planned for demolition that year.[1]

Notable Staff

Comedian Jo Brand was once a psychiatric nurse at the hospital.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Board, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health. "Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board - ABMU statement regarding Cefn Coed Hospital report". www.wales.nhs.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Stanley, David (19 October 2016). "Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare: Values into Action". John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved 8 May 2018 – via Google Books.

Coordinates: 51°37′41.00″N 3°59′20.00″W / 51.6280556°N 3.9888889°W / 51.6280556; -3.9888889

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