New Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit due to open
20 January 2009
A state-of-the art new unit for children, designed by architects, Nightingale Associates, will soon be open to the public.
The £5.8 million Children’s and Adolescent’s Mental Health (CAMH) Unit, at the Princess Royal Hospital in Hayward’s Heath, was developed for Sussex Partnership NHS Trust Foundation, in order to successfully deliver services across the areas mental health, substance misuse and learning disability throughout West Sussex, East Sussex and Brighton and Hove.
The brand new unit comprises 18 single bedrooms for patients, with stimulating areas for both day care and education to take place. The many facilities of the new building include:
- Common/Games Room
- Lounges
- Dining Room
- Science/CDT Room
- Maths/ICT Room
- General Teaching Room
- Family Therapy Rooms
- Recreational Hall and Performance Stage
- Art Studio with kiln
- Group Therapy Room
- Independence Learning Room
The design of the building was carefully tailored to the stakeholder’s requirements and the local environment to ensure sympathy to its surroundings, whilst appearing innovative and eye-catching.
“Due to the complex nature of the building’s uses, the design phase involved a very thorough and ongoing consultation process, in order to ensure optimum benefits to its future users. The use of art in design was a key part of the interior and exterior architecture – throughout the building you will find an array of murals, paintings and interesting detail that add to the overall positive and welcoming environment.”
Martin Wickes, Director, Nightingale Associates
Construction work started in January 2007 and reached completion in December 2008. The building is anticipated to open to the public this spring.
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