The new intensive psychiatric care unit at stratheden hospital in fife showcases patient centred design. Stratheden hospital intensive psychiatric care unit. Construction of the new ipcu facility, which will consist of an eightbed unit, is the latest phase of works to modernise large areas of the stratheden hospital, which cares for patients with mental illness from across fife. The new eightbed facility, which is designed to provide specialist care and treatment for patients experiencing acute psychiatric episodes, is according to nursing staff, night and day in terms of. Get contact details, videos, photos, opening times and map directions. Jun 07, 2018 the creation of the nhs in 1948 completely reorganised the british health system and its hospitals. Patient accommodation is split into 2 wings for organic and functional groups of patients respectively, and is separated by a. Aug 03, 2016 minister for mental health opens new facility at stratheden hospital aug 3, 2016 graham construction, news, nhs board, nhs fife the new hollyview ward at stratheden hospital will cater for those experiencing acute episodes of mental illness, providing specialist care and treatment at a time when patients are at their most vulnerable. It was a centre of excellence in child and family psychiatry from the 1960s. An old building with different levels, dormitories, a locked seclusion room with a light switch on the outside used as a naughty step, a front door and a back. Health facilities scotland awards 2015 stratheden hospital. May 14, 2015 on wednesday may 2015, nhs fife held the first of a series of dropin information events on the project to replace the intensive psychiatric care unit at stratheden hospital. Stratheden hospital is currently a small community hospital in cupar, fife which was originally called fife and kinross district asylum. Patient defends stratheden hospital after criticism the.
Outwith these times it can be negotiated with the nursing staff. Intensive psychiatric care unit, stratheden hospital, nhs. Dec 07, 2015 the family of a patient who killed himself after walking out of a mental health unit are to sue hospital bosses james whamond, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, managed to leave. Nov 02, 2017 intensive psychiatric care unit, stratheden hospital, nhs fife 2 nov 2017 2017, case study, graham a previously outdated and unsatisfactory victorian facility, has been replaced with an eight bed care unit, providing a modern therapeutic environment, aimed at prevention of relapse and promotion of recovery. Stratheden hospital from the south, photographed in october 2014 by macklly image reproduced under cc0 1. Nhs fife information event held on project to replace ipcu. Stratheden hospital is a community hospital providing clinical services, primarily mental health, located approximately 1 mile to the west of cupar 1860s, with a number of buildings spread over a large area. We do not have telephone contact details for this location.
The new intensive psychiatric care unit at stratheden hospital in fife showcases. Check scottish association for mental health in cupar, stratheden hospital, stratheden on cylex and find. Hollyview ward, stratheden psychiatric hospital, cupar, fife on 15 may 2016. Not available find other facilities close to stratheden hospital, cupar. The proposal for this awardwinning project was to provide a 24 bed low security dementia and mental health unit on the grounds of nhs fife, stratheden.
Oct 05, 2014 a scots hospital has been shamed after a distressed patient was inhumanely locked in a cell for hours without food, water, or toilet facilities. The project to replace the ipcu will see construction of a new. My son and i have just read the news in our local paper, the fife herald, about the. Plans for a new intensive psychiatric care unit ipcu at stratheden were approved in. Stratheden hospital ipcu, nhs fife oberlanders architects. Springfield, stratheden hospital you may copy, display, store and make derivative works for personal use or use solely within an educational institution by staff and students, under these conditions. Stratheden hospital stratheden by springfield cupar ky15 5rr. Graham construction has won a duo of contracts at scottish hospitals. Hollyview ward, intensive psychiatric care unit ipcu. Patient locked in cell with no toilet, food or water uk. Its name was changed to stratheden hospital in 1948. The new intensive psychiatric care unit at stratheden hospital, near cupar in fife has had a marked effect on patients and staff alike. The mental welfare commission for scotland had declared the ipcuward 4 at stratheden hospital, fife, unfit for purpose way before my son was forcibly detained there in february 2012. The event offered the opportunity to learn about various aspects of.
Tell us what was good and what could be improved, say thanks or call for change well pass your stories to the people in health and social care who can make a difference. Nov 10, 2015 graham is currently constructing a new intensive psychiatric care unit ipcu at stratheden hospital, cupar, which will provide safe and effective healthcare for vulnerable patients in an appropriate and therapeutic environment. My email sent to nhs fife senior staff in response to this news. Reviews of stratheden hospital page iwantgreatcare.
The new intensive psychiatric care unit ipcu will cater for those experiencing acute episodes of mental illness and aims to provide specialist care and treatment. Oct 10, 2014 a fife woman who has spent much of the last two years in stratheden hospital has defended the mental health unit where a distressed patient was locked up without access to food, water and toilet. Patient defends stratheden hospital after criticism the courier. Where i got talking with various nhs fife folk and took some photos, of the info boards and of the fenced off area for the new unit, near the main gate of the hospital. I took this photo at stratheden hospital using my galaxy mobile phone. Both projects are being delivered under the hfs2 framework. As part of the graham construction pscp team under the hfs framework scotland 2 we undertook the design of a highly specialised 1200 sqm, intensive psychiatric care unit for nhs fife at stratheden hospital in cupar. Howe of fife rugby football club provost wynd, cupar. David tracey made the remark while working on the lomond ward at stratheden. I met with all the patients that had been recently through ipcu and asked them for. Stratheden hospital, or fife and kinross district asylum as it was first known, opened on 1 july 1866. Download this case study to find out more about how.
Stratheden hospital library cupar, medical library. If you wish to contact the clerk on the day of the hearing, please call the hearings helpdesk on 01698 390004 who will put you in contact with the relevant hearings clerk. Hollyview ward, intensive psychiatric care unit ipcu stratheden hospital, cupar, fife. Purpose built to accommodate up to 200 mental health patients, the initial patient roster was 159.
The new intensive psychiatric care unit at stratheden hospital, near cupar in fife has had a marked effect on patients. Stratheden hospital is a community hospital near cupar primarily catering for patients with mental health issues. Bbc news scotland hospital hit by second train suicide. Nhs fife is working to improve health services with the involvement and support of the public and our partners in other nhs boards, fife council and voluntary agencies. The new intensive psychiatric care unit ipcu will cater for those experiencing acute episodes of mental illness and aims to provide specialist care and treatment at. At the mental health scotland bill debate, stage one, in scottish parliament, on 12 march 2015, the labour spokesperson for mental health, dr richard simpson msp and psychiatrist, mentioned 3 times about the serious assaults and even homicides by persons suffering from mental illness or mental disorder. Occupying a beautiful rural setting one mile west of cupar in fife, stratheden hospitals new. Ipcu is listed in the worlds largest and most authoritative dictionary database of abbreviations and acronyms. Most of the patients accommodation lies within the grounds of the victorian hospital complex pictured above, which was originally built. This initial agreement document iad describes the supporting case for the planned investment in the reprovision of the intensive psychiatric care unit ipcu located at stratheden hospital, cupar, which provides the specialist inpatient service for the whole of fife. Report stratheden hospital, scotland, june 2018 asylums. In the 21st century, it caters for psychiatric health. The bullying culture at stratheden hospital really does have to end, for the sake of the patients, their carers and family members. Dec 10, 2016 posts about stratheden hospital written by chrys muirhead.
Stratheden hospital is a hospital facility based in cupar. The law on safety is not being implemented, complied with or regulated. A scots hospital has been shamed after a distressed patient was inhumanely locked in a cell for hours without food, water, or toilet facilities. Stratheden hospital hollyview ward, stratheden hospital nhs fife. Stratheden ipcu case study the new intensive psychiatric care unit at stratheden hospital, near cupar in fife has had a marked effect on patients and staff alike. Wishaw hospital, ipcu 25 february 2020, unannounced 15 apr, 2020. Looking for online definition of ipcu or what ipcu stands for. Check stratheden hospital library in cupar, medical library, stratheden hospital on cylex and find. Stratheden hospital cupar, fife, scotland, ky15 5rr 0. The eightbed facility provides specialist care and treatment for patients experiencing acute psychiatric episodes, relocating the service from one of the original victorian buildings on the hospital site.
Feb 08, 2017 a mental health nurse who said he would rearrange a vulnerable patients face has been banned from the profession. The new building will include a communal lounge and rooms for rehabilitative and therapeutic activities. Stratheden hospital is currently a small community hospital in cupar, fife which was originally. Nhs lothian noted that the royal edinburgh hospital ipcu has recently. Within this website you can find information about fifes health services as well as details on a wide range of health topics. The accommodation consists of 18 single bedrooms with ensuite shower rooms and associated accommodation both for patients and staff.
Raigmore hospital in inverness at raigmore hospital in inverness graham will refurbish the critical care and theatre suites, while at stratheden hospital in fife it will build a new intensive psychiatric care unit ipcu and. A fife woman who has spent much of the last two years in stratheden hospital has defended the mental health unit where a distressed patient was locked up. Posts about stratheden hospital written by chrys muirhead. The creation of the nhs in 1948 completely reorganised the british health system and its hospitals. Stratheden hospital intensive psychiatric care unit client. I had this confirmed by a high heid yin in fife, at a meeting the other week and in emails since. Stratheden 18 bed dementia and mental health unit the proposal is to provide a low security residential dementia unit in the grounds of nhs fife stratheden hospital. The eightbed intensive psychiatric care unit ipcu sits on the northeastern part of the hospital grounds near cupar and replaces the facility previously. I dropped by the public information session on the new build ipcu in the south view conference room in the psychology building at stratheden hospital yesterday evening, may 2015. Stratheden hospital is one of many across the country needing substantial repairs image. Because the mental welfare commission had been describing the present ipcu as not fit for purpose for some time.
Download the reprovision of the intensive psychiatric care unit initial agreement document. Stratheden psychiatric hospital, cupar, fife on 15 may 2016 source i took this photo at stratheden hospital using my galaxy mobile phone. May 10, 2015 stratheden hospital from the south, photographed in october 2014 by macklly image reproduced under cc0 1. Stratheden hospital opening hours 2020 the time now. A second patient has died after walking out of a mental hospital and lying in front of a train months after a sheriff criticised the hospital for dangerously poor staffing levels. The single storey ushaped building offers each patient an individual bedroom with ensuite accommodation as well as access to a wide range of shared communal areas. Borders to st johns hospital and a transfer policy in place between st johns hospital, nhs borders and the royal edinburgh hospital should a bed be required for a patient from the borders when the ipcu at st johns hospital has no capacity. A mental health nurse who said he would rearrange a vulnerable patients face has been banned from the profession.
Developments over the last 20 years have seen much of the core, older buildings vacated, while new buildings have been. Occupying a beautiful rural setting one mile west of cupar in fife, stratheden hospital s new. There is to be a new build ipcu intensive psychiatric care unit at stratheden hospital with government monies. Intensive psychiatric care unit ipcu at stratheden hospital near cupar in fife has already had a significant effect on patients and staff alike. Intensive psychiatric care unit, stratheden hospital, nhs fife 2 nov 2017 2017, case study, graham a previously outdated and unsatisfactory victorian facility, has been replaced with an eight bed care unit, providing a modern therapeutic environment, aimed at prevention of relapse and promotion of recovery. The eightbed facility provides specialist care and treatment for patients experiencing acute psychiatric episodes, relocating the service from one of the original victorian. Ipcu is listed in the worlds largest and most authoritative dictionary database of abbreviations and acronyms the free dictionary. Family to sue over mental health unit suicide dailyrecord. With the introduction of the national health service scotland act 1947 the name of the hospital changed from the fife and kinross district asylum to stratheden hospital on 7 july 1948.
The people of fife who find themselves engaging with stratheden psychiatric services should have the freedom to speak out if they are unhappy with. On wednesday may 2015, nhs fife held the first of a series of dropin information events on the project to replace the intensive psychiatric care unit at stratheden hospital. The family of a patient who killed himself after walking out of a mental health unit are to sue hospital bosses james whamond, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, managed to leave. Stratheden hospital hospital map, address and location. Scottish association for mental health cupar, stratheden. Graham is currently constructing a new intensive psychiatric care unit ipcu at stratheden hospital, cupar, which will provide safe and. A specialist unit, that offers a homely environment for 18 dementia patients, was recently opened at stratheden hospital in fife. Scottish hospitals book graham world construction today. Stratheden hospital springfield cupar fife ky15 5rr. Publications mental welfare commission for scotland.
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