New Mental Health In-Patient Unit at Cork University Hospital

Jun 23, 2013

A ceremony took place on Monday 17th June to mark the commencement of a new 50-bed acute adult mental health in-patient unit on the Cork University Hospital (CUH) campus.  Garland are acting as civil and structural technical advisor to the client during the design and build of the facility. 

The sod turning ceremony, performed by Kathleen Lynch TD, Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Mental Health, marked the commencement of the new €15m unit that will replace the existing 46 bed unit on the hospital campus.

Developed in line with the requirements of A Vision for Change, the new purpose built in-patient unit will provide accommodation for patients with a mental illness requiring mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation. The unit will provide a better environment for patients and will have an increased number of single rooms and therapy rooms. It will include two 18-bed wards (all single en-suite rooms), a six-bed assessment/high observation ward, and an older person eight-bed ward, also with single rooms. The facility is also configured to be capable of providing a service to mother and infants in partnership with other services on site.