Affiliated university None Phone +44 1202 708881 Founded 1910 Care system National Health Service | Number of beds 86 Hospital type Psychiatric hospital | |
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency Similar Poole Hospital, Royal Bournem Hospital, Nuffield Health Bournem, BMI The Harbour Hospital, Victoria Hospital | ||
St Ann's Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in the Canford Cliffs area of Poole, Dorset, run by Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust. Designed by Robert Weir Schultz, the hospital opened in 1912 at a cost of £46,500. The hospital was given £35,000,000 for development in 2011, this was spent on 2 new wards and refurbishment, £14 million of this was spent by 2013 then the phased building works stopped until 2015.
St Ann's achieved when inspected by the CQC achieved all standards care.
Patients that stay at St Ann's hospital may be detained under the Mental Health Act or staying informally (able to leave at any time).
The hospital has 6 acute locked (patient's cannot leave without a staff member allowing them out) wards and 1 other separate unit on the same site:
Kimmeridge Court is on the same site but is a separate unit for eating disorders.
English Heritage have designated it a Grade II* listed building.