Fulbourn Hospital

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**Fulbourn Hospital**
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Location
Place	Cambridge Cambridgeshire, England, (UK)
Organisation
Care System	Public NHS
Hospital Type	Specialist
Affiliated University	University of Cambridge
Services
Emergency Dept.	No A&E
Beds	Unknown
Speciality	Psychiatric Hospital
History
Founded	1858
Links
Website	Homepage
See also	Hospitals in England

Fulbourn Hospital was built as the Asylum for Cambridgeshire, the Isle of Ely and the Borough of Cambridge in 1858 between Fulbourn and Cherry Hinton. Until recently the main Victorian building was used as a psychiatric hospital, while the 1960's Kent House to the west was built for acute mental health patients and the Ida Darwin Hospital to the east was developed for the mentally handicapped. The main buildings have now been transformed into a Business Park although some acute facilities remain. From 540 patients at the hospitals in 1981 this has now been considerably reduced, with so many ex-patients being moved into the community.

1 International Prominence
2 Wards at Fulbourn Hospital
3 Other Services
4 Recent developments
5 External links

[edit] International Prominence

During the 1960s, Fulbourn Hospital became internationally prominent for its pioneering therapeutic community, under Dr David Clark, who was the last holder of the title of Medical Superintendent, and later Consultant for the Cambridge Psychiatric Rehabilitation Service.

[edit] Wards at Fulbourn Hospital

[edit] Acute Wards

Adrian House Ward
Friends Ward

[edit] Rehabilitation Wards

Burnet House
No 1 The Drive (closed)
Cedar House

[edit] Forensic Services

George McKenzie House

[edit] Older Peoples Services

David Clarke House
Denbigh Ward
James Ward
Springbank (closed)

[edit] Other Services

Department of Clinical Psychology
Social Work Department
Mental Health Chaplain
Patients Leisure Centre
Art Therapies Service
Physiotherapy Department and Gym

[edit] Recent developments

The Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trusts have been carrying out a public consultation exercise into cost-cutting measures designed to reduce the budget by £3 million. The plan recommends the closure of No 1 The Drive, and The Gatehouse units by the end of March 2006, and Cedars Ward by early 2007.