Ashworth Hospital
Hospital in Maghull, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ashworth Hospital is a high-security psychiatric hospital in Maghull, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Liverpool. It is a part of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, catering to patients with psychiatric health needs that require treatment in conditions of high security.
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Ashworth Hospital | |
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust | |
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Location | Maghull, England |
Coordinates | 53.52019°N 2.91094°W / 53.52019; -2.91094 |
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Care system | NHS |
Type | Psychiatric |
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Emergency department | No |
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Website | www |
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The hospital is one of four psychiatric hospitals in the United Kingdom providing psychiatric care within conditions of high security, and one of three in England (alongside Broadmoor Hospital in Crowthorne and Rampton Secure Hospital near Woodbeck). For Scotland and Northern Ireland, the facility meeting the same high security environment is the State Hospital in Carstairs.