St Andrew's Hospital in Northampton, England is a psychiatric hospital run by a non-profit-making, charitable trust. It is by far the largest mental health facility in UK, providing national specialist services for adolescents, men, women and older people with mental illness, learning disability, brain injury, autism and dementia (patients suffering from brain injury, severe autism or dementia are treated in dedicated units due to their specialised care needs). The organisation only caters for Patients requiring Low to Medium-secure accommodation and has a primary focus on rehabilitation, as opposed to psychopharmacology, as a means of treating Mental Illness and easing psychological suffering. The charity also has hospitals in Essex and Birmingham, and opened a new unit in Nottinghamshire in 2010.
As of 2010, St Andrew's Healthcare employs over 3,000 people across the United Kingdom and receives over 95% of its revenue (and patients) from the UK's National Health Service through referrals from NHS Commissioners.
St Andrew's has the capacity to cater for around 600 patients across its various sites, but is in a period of rapid expansion and this capacity is likely to increase dramatically over the next few years. As of 2012 the charity has over 1100 beds across 5 sites.
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