| West Park Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust | |
 West Park Hospital in Darlington - run by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Darlington, County Durham, England |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS England |
| Type | Psychiatric |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Beds | approximately 94 |
| History | |
| Opened | December 2004 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
West Park Hospital is a modern NHS adult psychiatric hospital in Darlington, County Durham, England. It is managed by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative ('PFI') contract, to replace outdated facilitates at the Pierremont Unit and the Beaumont Ward at Darlington Memorial Hospital and at the Gables Unit in Sedgefield, in 2002.[1] It was built at a cost of £16 million and was officially opened by Alan Milburn, Minister for the Cabinet Office, in December 2004.[2] At the time of opening the new facility had 24 rooms for older people, 60 bedrooms for acute adult patients and 10 intensive care beds.[1]
In 2009 the Trust decided to exercise a break clause in the contract allowing it to terminate the contract early by paying £18 million up front.[3][lower-alpha 1]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Hexham General Hospital is another example of the Trust buying itself out of the PFI contract
References
- 1 2 "New mental health hospital opens". BBC. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ↑ "Trust buys back hospital". Northern Echo. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ↑ "Hospital saves £14m by getting out of PFI deal". The Telegraph. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2018.