Midpark Hospital

Midpark Hospital
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Geography
Location Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type Acute Mental Health Unit
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
Beds 85
History
Founded 2012
Links
Website www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk/Hospitals/Midpark_Hospital
Lists Hospitals in Scotland

Midpark Hospital is an Acute Mental Health Unit located in Dumfries that opened in 2012, replacing the Crichton Hospital and other smaller facilities. The hospital is run by NHS Dumfries and Galloway, providing 6 wards and 85 inpatient beds. It was one of the first projects to be completed through Frameworks Scotland.[1]

Facilities

Construction work started in 2010[2] and the project cost £29 million.[3]

It became operational in early 2012, with an official opening ceremony being held in May 2012.[4]

It has the following ward areas:[5]

  • Balcary, intensive psychiatric care
  • Cree, providing older adult assessment
  • Dalveen, providing rehabilitation
  • Ettrick, adult acute admissions
  • Glencairn, older adult acute admissions
  • Nithsdale, adult acute admissions

This facility replaces accommodation at a number of sites: the Cree West ward at the Crichton Royal Hospital; the hospice block at the Crichton; Lahraig at the Nithbank site; and the Wellgreen cottages at Glencaple Road.[6]

Design and awards

The architects were Ingenium Archial Ltd, with WSP and Arups handling engineering aspects.[7] The landscape architects for the site were award winning Glasgow firm erz Ltd[8] who designed the campus, the courtyards, the entry areas and the woodland setting. the site is typified by its colourful planting and useful, therapeutic outdoor spaces. The building incorporates best practice design for people with dementia and mental illness and has received a BREEAM rating of "excellent".[9]

The entrance garden DoubleWalk was designed by Jencks2,[10][11] a partnership between Charles Jencks and Lilly Jencks.[12] The garden features a 'landform' typical of Charles Jencks' work. He describes it as "A landform that pulls in the distant landscape of the Criffel mountain, the Nith River, Dumfries and the cosmic setting."[11]

2011 Health Facilities Scotland Awards, Design Commendation[9] 2012 NHS Scotland HFS Environment and Design Award, winner[9] 2015 BREEM awards 2015, shortlisted.[13]

Friends of Midpark Hospital

The "Friends of Midpark Hospital" was set up to help coordinate volunteers and became a registered charity in 2012.[14]

(Registered charity number SC042993)[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Frameworks Scotland: Registered Projects". Health Facilities Scotland. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Dumfries mental health centre work begins". BBC News. BBC. 13 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Johnston, Willie (29 November 2011). "Dumfries mental health care enters new era". BBC News. BBC.
  4. ↑ "Duchess of Gloucester opens Dumfries mental health site". BBC News. BBC. 10 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Midpark Hospital". NHS Dumfries and Galloway. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mental health centre plans approved". Daily Record (Scotland). Trinity Mirror. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Scotland's new buildings: Health: Midpark Hospital". www.urbanrealm.com. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  8. ↑ http://www.erzstudio.co.uk
  9. 1 2 3 "Midpark Acute Mental Health Unit". Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "DOUBLEWALK, DUMFRIES". Lily Jencks Studio. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  11. 1 2 "DoubleWalk Midpark Hospital, Dumfries, Scotland". charlesjencks.com. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  12. ↑ "jenckssquared". Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  13. ↑ "BREEAM Awards 2015 - the Shortlists". BREEAM. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Friends of Mental Health Unit appeal". Daily Record (Scotland). Trinity Mirror. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Search Scottish Charity Register: Charity Details: Friends of Midpark Hospital, SC042993". Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.