Patients benefit from en-suite, individual rooms in a complex that maximises natural light
Suburban Liverpool is home to a highly praised example of the new generation of sophisticated mental healthcare facilities that are emerging across the UK. Ray Philpott explores how its design contributes to a better patient experience
C
lock View Hospital in Walton represents a step-change in improvement to mental healthcare in the North West of England.
Located on the site of the now demolished Walton
Hospital, the 80-bed, five-ward facility has been designed by the architects at specialist practice Medical Architecture. Taking its name from the old hospital’s fully renovated
Grade II listed Clock Tower, it provides emergency and inpatient care for people with mental health issues including dementia, anxiety and depression.
Carefully designed to foster recovery and well-being,
with input from user groups, it is essentially a sequence of low pavilions with semi-private and secure gardens interlinked by more prominent treatment rooms and offices. Patients benefit from en-suite, individual rooms in a
complex that maximises natural light, contains its own unique and original artwork and features attractive inner courtyards and attractive landscaping. More than 200 people work at the £25 million hospital,
which has attracted positive comments from politicians, journalists and celebrities. Continued overleaf...
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