Mental Health

Adult Community Mental Health Services for Blaenau Gwent
The Adult Community Mental Health Services provide assessment, treatment and aftercare for people with serious mental health problems.

Elderly Community Mental Health Services for Blaenau Gwent
The Elderly Community Mental Health Services provide, assessment, treatment and aftercare from a hospital setting, for people with serious mental health problems.

Home Treatment and Crisis Intervention Team
The team provides assessment and treatment to mental health sufferers in crisis to prevent hospital admission and to prevent long-term illnesses.

St. Luke's Hospital Group

St Luke’s Hospital Group – Providing Hospital Assessment. Treatment and Rehabilitation to Adults and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities, Mental Illness and Brain Injuries.

They believe it is the right of our patients to appropriate care and treatment that addresses their individual mental and physical health issues whilst exploring their emotional needs.

They accept patients both informally and detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.

They work in partnership with over 100 NHS Trusts throughout the UK and Ireland.

Quality Standards
All independent Hospitals under the umbrella of St Luke’s Hospital are registered either with the Care Quality Commission of England or the Health Inspectorate of Wales as Independent Mental Health Hospitals.

St Luke's has gained the Investors In People award and ISO 9001:2000 accreditation.

We work in close partnership with the NHS and other mental health organisations to ensure we continue to provide a high quality service.

St Luke's Hospital Group is accredited by City and Guilds to provide free in-house NVQ qualifications. St Lukes is also part of the BCT consortium for high quality training provision.

Willow House

St Luke's Hospital, Ebbw Vale

Low Secure Unit for Men (18-65 years) with Mental Disorder and complex care needs

Service Description:
** Step down service from conditions of higher security (forensic)
** Step up for clients who cannot be appropriately managed in an open ward
** Single en-suite bedroom facility
** Extra care suite (seclusion room facilities)
** Urgent admission accepted

Client Profile:
** Patients liable to detention under the Mental Health Act 1983
** Age range 18-65
** Patients with enduring Mental Illness and complex needs requiring care within a robust hospital encironment
** Patients at risk of absconding
** Patients at risk of non compliance with care

Aim:
Dedicated to Providing:
** A highly cost effective and value for money route for psychiatric rehabilitation
** High standards of care
** Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of treatment using validated tools
** Relevant community based skills for future self reliance
** Continuous risk assessment and appropriate management of identified risks
** Weekly MDT review of individual patients
** An individually tailored rehabilitation program

For more information, please contact:
Willow House,
Hill Side,
Ebbw Vale
NP23 5YA
Tel.: (01495) 356680
Fax.: (08448) 151640

Mental Health

St. Luke's Hospital Group

Willow House

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