Care system Public NHS Affiliated university Unknown | Beds approximately 116 | |
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency | ||
West Park Hospital is a modern NHS adult psychiatric hospital in Darlington, County Durham. It was built to replace the dated facilies at the now demolished Winterton Hospital and the Pierremont unit at Darlington Memorial Hospital.
The hospital is part of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust which also manages Roseberry Park Hospital, Middlesbrough and Lanchester Road Hospital, Durham. The hospital provides adult inpatient care consisting of two acute admissions wards, a specialist eating disorders ward, an older persons's ward, a long-stay psychiatric rehabilitation ward, an adult learning disability ward and the designated psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) for South Durham. The Darlington community mental health services are also based within the building.
The wards at West Park consists of all ground-floor single bedrooms. Males and females also have separate TV lounges and washroom facilities. Each ward has its own garden. The hospital provides a restaurant and shop for staff, patients and visitors and a gym for inpatients. The hospital also has a library for the staff and students, an on-site pharmacy and a multi-faith prayer room.