Rugby's mental health unit to close, bosses decide
Published Date:
05 December 2007
HEALTH chiefs have decided to close a long-standing Rugby mental health unit - meaning patients will have to travel elsewhere for vital treatment.
Warwickshire Primary Care Trust has decided to close the Linden Unit at the Hospital of St. Cross today (Wednesday).
The unit has provided care for people suffering mental health illnesses.
The decision means patients will now be treated at the state-of-the-art Caludon Centre, based at Coventry's University Hospital.
It's hoped the move will allow patients better treatment and access to improved support services.
However, opponents had claimed the move would have an 'unsettling' effect on Rugby patients.
The move means the ward could be fully closed by early next year.
Speaking exlcusively to rugbytoday.co.uk after the mmeting, Jim Shera, Vice-Chairman of the PCT, said 'every effort' would be made to ensure a smooth transition for Rugby patients.
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07 December 2007 11:20 PM
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