Referrals and admission
The Pankhurst Unit
- Our clinical services are available to females over 18 who may be:
- Detained under the Mental Health Act including section 136
- Presenting an acute psychosis and/or severe mood disorder and often self harming behaviour
- Presenting significant and continued risk to themselves or to others, both on the ward and in the community and who are likely to abscond
- Having behaviour and recovery issues related to personality disorder
- Requiring a structured low secure environment that general acute wards are unable to provide
- Admitted from A&E, judicial system, PICUs, community services and other mental health settings
- Facing vulnerability issues in current placement
The Willows Unit
- Our clinical services are available to males over 18 who may be:
- Detained under the Mental Health Act including section 136
- Presenting with an acute psychosis or dual diagnosis with a primary mental illness
- Presenting significant and continued risk to themselves or others, and who have a high risk of absconsion
- Have exhausted previous local resources or are unable to benefit from general acute ward services
- Have been admitted from A&E, judicial system, PICUs, community services and other mental health settings and wards
Referrals
- All patients who broadly fill the admission criteria will be rapidly assessed by the clinical team
- Short-term crisis referrals will be admitted within eight hours, including those formally detained under Section 136
- Multidisciplinary and interagency discharge planning will commence on admission
- As patients progress, they will have the opportunity to transfer to one of our step-down services if appropriate
- We are able to take referrals and admit 24 hours a day 7 days a week
For referral enquiries, admissions or for further information please call 0161 428 9511 during office hours or 0161 495 4907 out of hours. Or send an email to cheadleroyal@priorygroup.com