The Huntercombe Hospital - Stafford
The Huntercombe Hospital Stafford is a child and adolescent mental health service for young people of both genders aged 12-18 years. The hospital can also admit detained patients. We have 39 beds in the hospital and are committed to maintaining the highest standards in the healthcare we provide.
Services Offered
About The Huntercombe Hospital - Stafford
The Hartley Unit is located on the first floor of a purpose-built two storey building. Hartley is our psychiatric intensive care service. The Thorneycroft Unit is located on the ground floor of this building and treats young people with a mental health diagnosis requiring; assessment, admission, treatment or rehabilitation. This includes patients who may step-down from the Hartley unit as a detained to informal patient/ informal treatment programme and early rehabilitation. The Wedgwood unit, located in the separate original building, provides a specialist service for the treatment of eating disorders for a maximum of 15 patients.
We are able to take emergency admissions 24 hours a day and can provide a clear pathway for the assessment, treatment and discharge of our patients.
Activities
The Hospital provides a full educational service to our young people who wish to continue with studies whilst in hospital or who have been unable to access them whilst in the community. In addition to this a wide range of internal and external activities are provided by our therapy and nursing teams meeting the individual needs of the young people.
Key Features
- All single rooms
- Art therapy
- Tv lounge
- Cinema evenings
- Gym
- Lifts
- Landscaped gardens
- Patio
- Home cooked meals
- Cooking classes
- Flat screen tv lounge
Key Staff
Gordon Bates , Dr
MB ChB, MMedSc, FRCPsych
Dr Gordon Bates works as a consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Medical Director at Huntercombe Hospital Stafford. An early fascination with child neuropsychiatry led to both psychiatry and neurology training and then an interest in neurodevelopmental work which he has continued alongside his adolescent inpatient work. He has been a consultant since 1999 and run inpatient units since 2001 Gordon is a Senior Clinical Lecturer with the Department of Psychiatry at Birmingham Medical School and regularly teaches undergraduates and postgraduates. He is a contributor to the Children's BNF (British National Formulary) and author of several chapters on neurodevelopmental and liaison topics. Most recently he has written the section on childhood and adolescence for Essentials of Medicine in Psychiatry and is working on an ADHD handbook for parents.
Inspections
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) are responsible for inspecting The Huntercombe Hospital - Stafford.
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What People Say
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Very many thanks
Mrs Angela MayVery many thanks indeed for all your support, expertise, patience and tolerance over the past few months. In particular we have been grateful for all your good advice.
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A big thank you
Ms Carol AddisonWe would just like to say a big thank you and how much we have appreciated the care and support you have given our son. We only hope all the hard work you have put in continues at home.
Contact Us
Centre Address
Ivetsey Bank
Wheaton Aston
Stafford
ST19 9QT
Telephone. 01785 840000
Fax. 01785 842192
Email. huntercombe.stafford@fshc.co.uk
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