West Park Hospital

This article is about the psychiatric unit in Darlington, County Durham. For the former mental hospital in Epsom, Surrey, see West Park Hospital, Epsom.

West Park Hospital is a modern NHS adult psychiatric hospital in Darlington, County Durham, England. It is managed by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.

West Park Hospital
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
West Park Hospital in Darlington - run by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.
Geography
Location	Darlington, County Durham, England
Organisation
Care system	NHS England
Type	Psychiatric
Services
Emergency department	No
Beds	approximately 94
History
Opened	December 2004
Links
Website	www.tewv.nhs.uk
Lists	Hospitals in England

History

The hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative ('PFI') contract, to replace outdated facilitates at the Pierremont Unit and the Beaumont Ward at Darlington Memorial Hospital and at the Gables Unit in Sedgefield, in 2002.^[1] It was built at a cost of £16 million and was officially opened by Alan Milburn, Minister for the Cabinet Office, in December 2004.^[2] At the time of opening the new facility had 24 rooms for older people, 60 bedrooms for acute adult patients and 10 intensive care beds.^[1]

In 2009 the Trust decided to exercise a break clause in the contract allowing it to terminate the contract early by paying £18 million up front.^[3][a]

See also

• List of hospitals in England

Notes

1. Hexham General Hospital is another example of the Trust buying itself out of the PFI contract