Professor Louis Appleby opens prestigious new hospital
Released 07/10/2008
PiC is delighted to announce the official opening of Arbury
Court hospital in Warrington, by the Government’s National Director
for Mental Health, Professor Louis Appleby CBE.
Located on the old Delph Park Hospital site, Arbury Court is a
medium and low secure hospital offering care and treatment for men
and women with serious mental illnesses. Arbury Court Hospital is
an entirely new set of buildings. The old Delph Park hospital has
been completely demolished.
The Gregory Building at Arbury Court is a 30 bedded male
service. With the kind permission of his family, the Gregory
Building has been named after Mike Gregory, the former captain of
both the Warrington Rugby League Club and the Great Britain Rugby
League team. Tragically Mike died less than a year ago from a
neurological condition at the age of 43. Mike’s widow and parents
will be
The Macarthur House is a new 44 bedded medium and low secure
service for women. At the suggestion of our patients, who have been
inspired by her, Macarthur House has been named after the
yachtswoman, Dame Ellen Macarthur.
The third new building on the Arbury Court site is the recently
completed PiC National Training Centre. This purpose built facility
with 65 seated lecture theatre, group rooms and physical training
areas will provide development opportunities for staff within PiC
and other independent and National Health Service providers.
In his opening address, Professor Appleby said: ”I am delighted
to have the opportunity to open new services for men and women in
the North West. High quality in-patient units are a vital part of
modern mental health care and Arbury Court is an example of the
independent sector and the NHS working effectively together to
achieve optimum outcomes for all patients.”
Mr Fred Sinclair-Brown, Group Chief Executive of Partnerships in
Care said: ‘We are extremely proud of the new hospital we have
developed on the Arbury Court site. Our investment has produced a
range of services that will meet the needs of patients and staff
for many years to come.’
‘There is a sustained demand for secure services for men and
women which we are able to help meet. I am particularly excited
that Partnerships in Care and the North West Specialist
Commissioners are collaborating to provide long term medium secure
beds for men.’
‘It has long been the ambition of Partnerships in Care to open a
National Training Centre. The developments on the Arbury Court
site have allowed us to realise that ambition. Working with new
colleagues we look forward to providing high quality training to
our own staff and, as importantly, other mental health
professionals within the North West region and across the United
Kingdom’.
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