West Park is a modern NHS adult mental health unit situated on the north-western outskirts of Darlington in the West Park development. 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 St Luke's Hospital, Middlesbrough and Earls House Hospital, Durham. The hospital provides acute, daycare, and outpatient care, and includes 24 bed ward for local elderly patients.
The wards at West Park all comprise of 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.
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