A story surfaced the other day about plans to build an extension of a Lancashire mental hospital on a site where a discgraced mental hospital once stood. Whittingham mental hospital, at Guild Park, was closed in the early 90's after accusations of cruelty, mistreatment and fraud. This has led to an public enquiry, the results of which are expected by the end of this month.
So as this vast site at Guild Park is now unused, there are many ideas for what to build there, one of which being 65o new houses proposed by constuction company Taylor Wimpey.
So what would Preston actually benefit most from? A mental health hospital or more houses? I asked some locals to try and find out.
Showing posts with label hospitals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hospitals. Show all posts
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
One of the worst A and E's in the country
So, the Central Lancashire primary care trust has been highlighted by the Healthcare Commission as having a very poor Accident and Emergency department.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/article1735735.ece
And if Royal Preston Hospital is anything to go by, I'm not surprised. The hospital has just completed a new children's only A and E department, which is all well and good, but while this work has been going on a traumatic trip to A and E has been made even more traumatic by having to sit in a pile of rubble whilst waiting to be seen. OK, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration but people I have spoken to who have visited recently have been less than impressed by the uncleanliness of the emergency department. There are other problems too - see what some people think of Royal Preston Hospital:
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/Hospital.aspx?id=RXN02&page=1&v=4
The personal highlight of the hospital feedback for me is from Mr Lister, who visited the hospital last month when the aforementioned work was going on, and said: "It's how I imagine a hospital would be in third world country."
The irony is that the hospital say they have done this building work, which has left the A and E an unclean one, to improve the overall quality of the department. But that still doesn't help those who have had to experience a dirty department in this in between stage. Who, if they haven't caught MSRA, will have even more of a negative view of this country's healthcare system.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/article1735735.ece
And if Royal Preston Hospital is anything to go by, I'm not surprised. The hospital has just completed a new children's only A and E department, which is all well and good, but while this work has been going on a traumatic trip to A and E has been made even more traumatic by having to sit in a pile of rubble whilst waiting to be seen. OK, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration but people I have spoken to who have visited recently have been less than impressed by the uncleanliness of the emergency department. There are other problems too - see what some people think of Royal Preston Hospital:
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/Hospital.aspx?id=RXN02&page=1&v=4
The personal highlight of the hospital feedback for me is from Mr Lister, who visited the hospital last month when the aforementioned work was going on, and said: "It's how I imagine a hospital would be in third world country."
The irony is that the hospital say they have done this building work, which has left the A and E an unclean one, to improve the overall quality of the department. But that still doesn't help those who have had to experience a dirty department in this in between stage. Who, if they haven't caught MSRA, will have even more of a negative view of this country's healthcare system.
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