Arnold Lodge
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Arnold Lodge is located in Leicestershire
Arnold Lodge
Location in Leicestershire
Geography
LocationLeicester,
Leicestershire,
England, United Kingdom
Coordinates52°38′55″N 1°05′38″W / 52.6486°N 1.094°W / 52.6486; -1.094
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypeSpecialist
Services
Emergency departmentNo Accident & Emergency
Beds70 (approx.)
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
(secure mental hospital)
History
OpenedJuly 1983
Links
Websitewww.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk
ListsHospitals in the United Kingdom

Arnold Lodge is a medium secure psychiatric hospital situated in Leicester, England, run by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

History

Arnold Lodge and approach road

The hospital was opened in July 1983[1] and an extension with 30 extra beds was opened in 2007.[2]

Services

Arnold Lodge receives referrals from courts, prisons, the probation service, social services, high secure hospitals, and other mental health units for forensic psychiatry assessment and/or treatment. The patients are mainly mentally disordered offenders or others with similar needs.[3]

There are seven wards: two male rehabilitation wards (Thornton and Foxton wards), one male acute/admission ward (Rutland ward), two male personality disorder wards (Cannock and Ridgeway wards), and two female wards (Tamar and Coniston). Coniston ward is for women who require an enhanced level of care within medium security. This service will be one of three national pilots for a model of service known as WEMSS (Women's Enhanced Medium Secure Services).[4]

References

  1. ^ Clarke, Martin (1 September 2007). "The Outcome of Patients Discharged From Medium Security with a Focus on Reconvictions and Mortality" (PDF). University of Leicester. p. 3. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Planning Site History". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. ^ Ricketts, Dale; Carnell, Heidi; Davies, Steffan; Kaul, Adarsh; Duggan, Conor (2001). "First admissions to a regional secure unit over a 16-year period: changes in demographic and service characteristics". The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry. 12: 78–89. doi:10.1080/09585180121913. S2CID 144212491.
  4. ^ Edge, Dawn; Walker, Tammi; Meacock, Rachel; Wilson, Hannah; McNair, Louisa; Shaw, Jenny; Gutridge, Kerry; Mitchell, Heather; Robinson, Louise; Senior, Jane; Sutton, Matthew; Abel, Kathryn (2017). "Secure pathways for women in the UK: lessons from the women's enhanced medium secure services (WEMSS) pilots". The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. 28 (2): 206–225. doi:10.1080/14789949.2016.1244279. S2CID 151739942.

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