Callington Road Hospital

Callington Road Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Bristol, England. Opened in 2006, it primarily replaced Barrow Hospital, providing psychiatric inpatient and community services for Bristol and the surrounding region. It is run by the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Callington Road Hospital
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Geography
LocationBristol, England
Coordinates51.4315°N 2.5575°W / 51.4315; -2.5575
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeSpecialist
Affiliated universityThe University of the West of England
Services
Emergency departmentNo
Beds122
SpecialityMental Health
History
Opened2006
Links
Websitewww.awp.nhs.uk


History

Construction

In the early 2000s, a replacement was required for Barrow Hospital, which was built in 1939.[1] By 2002, a site was chosen for the new hospital; surplus council allotments on Callington Road, Brislington; adjacent to the former Brislington Railway Station. Avon and Wiltshire Partnership faced opposition from a local community group who felt the site was too close to a school, and mental health charity MIND who felt the area was too noisy,[2] however in 2003 Bristol City Council sold the former allotments and construction began. Callington Road Hospital was completed and opened in 2006. A condition of planning approval was that funds be provided to develop neighbouring land into a nature reserve, which was opened in 2009.[3]

The grounds were landscaped to include paths, water features and gardens with interpretation boards. The allotments previously on the site supported badgers, slow worms and various birds. Consideration of the ecological aspects of the site was required by Bristol City Council for project approval.[4]

Alterations

Acer Unit (drug and alcohol rehab) was initially based at Callington Road, but in 2011 swapped buildings with Elizabeth Casson House (female PICU) and is now based at Blackberry Hill Hospital.[5] Callington Road was the location of Bristol's one-bed Place Of Safety until the four-bed Mason Unit was opened at Southmead Hospital in 2014. Both Lime and Silver Birch Acute Wards were originally built with attached High Dependency Units (HDU's); both were decommissioned in line with trust-wide changes.[6][7]

Projects

A series of arts projects were run at Callington Road, for adults within the hospital. Led by a poet, a musician and a visual artist, the project culminated in a booklet of poems, a CD and a series of felt collages. The work was jointly funded by the mental health trust and city council.[8]

Services

The hospital provides the following services:

Inpatient

Community

Service-user and non-NHS led services

A self-help group run by Bristol Hearing Voices Network is held at Callington Road.[22] The mental health charity Rethink runs a carers' art group and carers' gardening club on site.[23]

Callington Road Hospital does not provide Secure (forensic) Mental Health Services; which are provided at Blackberry Hill Hospital,[24] or Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), including Eating Disorders); which are provided at Southmead[25] and the Riverside Unit.[26]

Performance

A Care Quality Commission inspection in 2014 found most standards were met, however standards for record keeping and risk management were not met.[27] This followed police concerns over the number of patients absconding while on leave from the hospital.[28]

See also

References
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  2. "Opposition to Hospital". BBC News. 7 February 2002. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. "Land Sale and Nature Reserve". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. "Callington Road Hospital". Landscape Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. "Proposed Service Improvements to Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Services at Callington Road and Blackberry Hill Hospitals" (PDF). Bristol Primary Care Trust. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  6. "Proposal to develop the model of delivery for High Dependency In-Patient Services" (PDF). AWP. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  7. "Cherries High Dependency Unit Closure" (PDF). AWP. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  8. "Arts at Callington Road Hospital, Bristol". National Alliance for Arts, Health and Wellbeing. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  9. "Acute Inpatient Services". Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  10. "Psychiatric Intensive Care Units". Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  11. "Rehabilitation". Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  12. "Later Life Services". Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  13. Wood, Alex (29 May 2018). "Bristol hospital ward still closed nearly year after elderly patient locked in room". Bristol Post. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  14. "Electroconvulsive Therapy". Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  15. "Therapies". Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  16. "Dietetics". Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  17. "Crisis Service/Intensive Team". Bristol Mental Health. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  18. "Complex Interventions". Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  19. "Active Life Project". Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  20. "Bristol Dementia Partnership". Devon Partnership NHS Trust. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  21. "Dementia Wellbeing". Bristol Dementia Partnership. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  22. "Hearing Voices Network: History". Bristol Hearing Voices Network. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  23. "Lloyds Bank gets green fingered at Callington Road". Bristol Mental Healtjh. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  24. "Blackberry Hill Hospital". Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  25. "Treatment for Eating Disorders". Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  26. "Riverside Unit". North Bristol NHS Trust. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  27. "Callington Road Hospital". Care Quality Commission. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  28. "Callington Road Hospital let psychiatric patients go 'Awol'". BBC. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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