Yewdale Ward is an acute mental health inpatient unit based at West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven. It has 16 beds for adult men and women providing assessment and treatment by a multi disciplinary team.
Everyone who is admitted will have a named nurse who organises their inpatient care. The nurse will work with you to develop an individual care plan. Your care plan, which covers all areas of care from admission to discharge, will describe how support and treatment will help you to recover and regain your standard of day-to-day living.
It will include important issues such as:
We emphasise that recovery will continue in a community setting as soon as possible. We encourage you to maintain links with their social networks and
communities.
Yewdale is for men and women with mental health problems arising from functional disorders such as depression, anxiety or psychosis, who require a stay in hospital.
You can be referred through a number of routes, including:
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This pack covers Hadrian Unit and Rowanwood at Carleton Clinic, Carlisle, North Cumbria and Yewdale, at West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven, West Cumbria. It provides information about the ward, staff, and the treatments and therapies that will be available to you.
Yewdale Ward is an urgent care inpatient ward based at West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven, Cumbria. The service is for men and women over the age of 18 years who are experiencing a relapse or crisis regarding their mental wellbeing and require inpatient admission.
