Published on: 23rd November 2020
Today we started work on our new psychiatric intensive care at Tameside General Hospital.
This new £4.8m specialist male unit will provide short-term inpatient mental health care, assessment and treatment for people who are experiencing serious mental health distress.
The unit will feature 12 individual en-suite rooms, an activity room, therapy room and a garden. Once open, our male unit in Stockport will be re-developed into a dedicated female unit with 10 beds.
Claire Molloy, our chief executive, got the project underway. Claire said: “When people require intensive psychiatric care, it’s important the specialist treatment they receive is delivered quickly and as close to their home as possible.
“Having this facility means that patients and their families will no longer have to travel significant distances to access this type of care, and we are delighted that we can now begin construction work.”
We're planning to open the unit by April 2022, here's how it should look:
*Ground Breaking: Pictured above is Claire Molloy, alongside David Lees, Alan Thompson and Phil Proctor.