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	Broadmoor Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Broadmoor Hospital is a secure mental hospital in Crowthorne in Berkshire.
		The hospital was built in 1863, to a design by Sir Joshua Jebb, and covers 210,000 square metres (53 acres) within its secure perimeter.
		Broadmoor Hospital is now part of the West London Mental Health NHS Trust.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Broadmoor_Hospital (226 words)

	Ashworth History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The first phase of the hospital’s life ended in 1920 when Moss Side was forced to close as too few military patients remained there, but before the hospital could be re-commissioned by the Board of Control as a State Institution, the Ministry of Pensions requisitioned it and the soldiers returned.
		The new Park Lane Hospital was a showcase of high security psychiatric care with small low-level wards built independently from one another and modern treatment, recreational and educational facilities, a chapel and an auditorium.
		The name of the united hospital was chosen through a ballot of patients and staff and on February 19, 1990 Ashworth Hospital came into existence.
	www.northmersey.nhs.uk /ashworth/history.htm (1569 words)

	Encyclopedia: Broadmoor Hospital
		A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness.
		Map sources for Ashworth Hospital at grid reference SD397030 Ashworth Hospital is a high-security institution in the town of Maghull, a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
		Rampton Secure Hospital is a high security institution in the village of Woodbeck between Retford and Rampton in Nottinghamshire, England.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Broadmoor-Hospital (735 words)

	Issues in the Continuance and Discontinuance of Seclusion: Perspectives from a Special Hospital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Its use within Special Hospitals has been particularly criticised in light of several damning public inquiries focusing upon the deaths in seclusion of (mainly) Afro-Caribbean patients in the 1980’s, and in light of the closed and insular cultures traditionally associated with such institutions.
		Further, in their study within a Special Hospital Larkin et al (1988, p227) concluded that "we acknowledge that there is a relationship between verbal threats and physical assault." This view supported by Kay, Wolkenfeld and Murrill (1988) who found a high association between verbal and physical aggression.
		As with the ages of nursing staff within the hospital, the researcher was unable to ascertain the level of experience (in years) of the total population of qualified nursing staff within the hospital prior to the study.
	www.fnrh.freeserve.co.uk /report2.html (14469 words)

	the queen on the application of B - v - Ashworth Hospital Authority
		The Appellant advised me that when he was initially admitted to Ashworth Hospital, he spent a considerable period of time on mental illness wards, and that there is a difference between the present circumstances of his being on a personality disorder ward compared to his being placed on a mental illness ward.
		Where a patient is admitted within the said period to the hospital specified in the application, "the application shall be sufficient authority for the managers to detain the patient in the hospital in accordance with the provisions of this Act" (section 6(2)).
		The hospital order specified that he was suffering from mental illness and psychopathic order which were of a nature or degree which made it appropriate for him to be detained in a hospital for medical treatment.
	www.courtservice.gov.uk /judgmentsfiles/j1702/b_v_ashworth_hospital.htm (10201 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Nurses 'worked illegally' at Ashworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ashworth, which holds some of the UK's most dangerous mentally ill patients, including Moors Murderer Ian Brady, is already at the centre of one inquiry after allegations of drugs and pornography in one unit for paedophiles.
		The unqualified nurses were discovered when Ashworth's new chief executive began an investigation into the workings of the hospital as part of a management shake-up.
		The government launched an inquiry into Ashworth last November after it was revealed that paedophiles in one unit had been allowed to freely mix with children and held pornography and drugs.
	212.58.226.61 /low/english/uk/newsid_90000/90982.stm (300 words)

	MGN Ltd v Ashworth Security Hospital [HL]
		Ashworth Hospital Authority is responsible for the management of Ashworth.
		In the case of patients at Ashworth, it is particularly important that accurate records are kept because otherwise warning signs indicating that a patient is in a condition in which he could be a danger to himself, his fellow patients or the staff could be overlooked so inhibiting preventative action being taken.
		The disclosure of the patients' records increases that difficulty and danger and to deter the same or similar wrongdoing in the future it was essential that the source should be identified and punished.
	www.ipsofactoj.com /international/2003/Part01/int2003(1)-014.htm (8729 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 12 Jan 1999 (190112-05) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the case of those criticised in the report who are still employed by the NHS whether at Ashworth or elsewhere, I expect their current employers to initiate appropriate disciplinary proceedings in the light of this report.
		In addition the board of every hospital, including each special hospital, will have for the first time a statutory duty for the standards of treatment and care that they provide; there will be clearer powers for the Secretary of State to issue directions; and new arrangements for commissioning specialised services.
		She was forced to resign by the staff of Ashworth, and it appears to be the case that the staff were at that time, and probably still are, too powerful relative to the senior management, despite a statement about changes having taken place in the management of Ashworth.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/ld199899/ldhansrd/vo990112/text/90112-05.htm (4688 words)

	The Queen on the Application of H - v - Ashworth Hospital Authority and ors
		The Hospital was surprised at the Tribunal's decision.
		Indeed, it is clear that there was consternation on the part of the Hospital and the local authority, and subsequently the local health authority, none of whom believed that the immediate discharge of H was justified under the Act or in his or the public interest.
		Moreover, Ms Berry and Ashworth acted unreasonably, since in view of H's willingness to remain voluntarily and the interim relief granted by the court, it was unnecessary for H to be detained under section 3.
	www.courtservice.gov.uk /judgmentsfiles/j1245/The_Queen_Application_v_Ashworth_Hospital_Authority.htm (15211 words)

	New Statesman: Through the airlock to insanity: it is hard not to demonise Ashworth high security hospital, site of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Like many other nurses at Ashworth, Dennis is a member of the Prison Officers' Association, which has recently come under fire: a core of its members being accused of waging a vendetta against other nurses and management in Ashworth and Britain's two other high-security hospitals, Rampton and Broadmoor.
		Patients were given greater licence to use the telephones; restrictions on their mail and trips outside Ashworth were relaxed; and a second keyhole was cut into their doors, so that they take charge of access to their rooms, except on the occasions when it becomes necessary for staff to use the override master key.
		He said the Ashworth regime was generally good but that the problem was that the POA ran the place instead of the management.
	findarticles.com /cf_dls/m0FQP/n4338_v126/20036352/p1/article.jhtml (1498 words)

	Terrible timing for closure of secure womens ward at Ashworth
		The secure women’s unit at Ashworth Hospital, Liverpool – which houses some of the most mentally disturbed women in Britain – is to close next March, despite the fact that there are no adequate facilities to which the women can move.
		The closure is in the vanguard of the government’s plan to move 400 people out of high security hospitals by next March into medium secure services near their homes.
		Ashworth had around 150 staff highly experienced in the management of women with complex mental health disorders, but many have left to find new jobs.
	www.psychminded.co.uk /news/news2003/july03/Terrible%20timing%20for%20closure%20of%20secure%20womens%20ward%20at%20Ashworth.htm (717 words)

	Guardian \| Hospital where security is the key
		Rampton high security hospital, set in 190 acres of landscape grounds in Nottinghamshire, houses some of the country's most dangerous individuals.
		The hospital costs £52m a year to run, with care per patient coming to about £2,000 a week.
		The previous year, a report into Ashworth hospital on Merseyside uncovered a catalogue of security lapses, drug abuse and widely available pornography.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4485670-105248,00.html (497 words)

	BBC News \| Health \| Shameful top security hospital escapes closure
		The girl was brought into the hospital by her father, who gave her unsupervised access to one patient who had a history of molesting young girls.
		The report found that staff at the hospital had done nothing to protect the child and "some of them even judged it to be in the interests of the patient".
		Chairman of the Ashworth Hospital Authority Paul Lever immediately resigned in the wake of the publication of the report.
	newsimg.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/252603.stm (977 words)

	Improving secure services - Merseycare NHS Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The hospital was able to make substantial savings when its Women's Service closed last financial year (2003/2004), in line with government guidance that only those patients who require high secure conditions should remain in the country's three high secure hospitals.
		Ashworth Hospital provides care services for men within a high secure environment for patients from across the North of England, Wales and the West Midlands.
		Ashworth Hospital is Maghull's largest employer with around 1,500 staff on site, supporting both the secure service and the wider trust.
	www.merseycare.nhs.uk /content-967 (609 words)

	Ashworth Special Hospital: Report of the Committee of Inquiry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Many Special Hospital patients do not need high security but cannot be moved on for lack of facilities elsewhere, a situation which contributes to a feeling of apathy on the part of staff and patients.
		Ashworth Hospital's reputation is so badly damaged (and our Report will make it worse) that we see no realistic prospect of it ever recruiting and retaining sufficient numbers of high quality staff who can be proud of the place at which they work.
		Instead of either passing a determinate sentence or making a hospital order with or without restriction it allows a judge both to pass a prison sentence and to send an offender to hospital (from which he can be remitted back to prison should treatment not be successful).
	www.archive.official-documents.co.uk /document/cm41/4194/ash-07.htm (5710 words)

	Seanad Éireann - Volume 133 - 15 July, 1992 - Adjournment Matters. - Irish Citizen in British Mental Hospital.
		While he was in the prison he asked to see the chaplain and while he was being conducted to the hospital chapel he took a warden hostage and held him there for eight hours while negotiations took place.
		He was obviously under severe mental and emotional strain as a result of the complexion of circumstances I have described, his unsatisfactory job situation, the death of his father and his various serious illnesses combined with an emotional vulnerability which had been exploited by this very curious religious sect.
		He was subsequently transferred to Broadmoor Hospital on 6 August 1984 and then transferred to Moss Side Hospital in June 1987 and he is now in Ashworth Hospital in Liverpool.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /S/0133/S.0133.199207150011.html (1883 words)

	BBC News \| Health \| Ashworth: A catalogue of shame
		The inquiry into the Ashworth top security hospital uncovered an appalling catalogue of mismanagement and security lapses at the unit.
		Steven Daggett, the patient who originally drew attention to the problems at Ashworth, was able, while a patient at the unit, to change his name by deed poll, acquire a new passport and driving licence, and use a credit card to take out a large sum of money prior to absconding.
		Ashworth should review the control and distribution of prescribed drugs to remove the risk of nurses becoming involved in their illegal distribution;
	newsimg.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/253744.stm (609 words)

	Diversion of mentally disordered offenders: indications from a special hospital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In a recent study undertaken into the prevalence of mental disorder within the remand population it was found that 2.3% had a clinical diagnosis of major psychiatric disorder and 53.4% had previous psychiatric contact.
		As the Special Hospitals form part of the mental health system and deal, mainly with those patients directed for admission from courts; or, later via prison it would be important to know if information concerning both groups were noted or available at the original court appearance.
		As the study intended to examine aspects of diversion from custody of mentally disordered offenders it is the latter two groups which are of interest to the researchers; firstly, admissions from prison or remand centre N=330; and secondly, admissions from court N=459.
	www.fnrh.freeserve.co.uk /report8.html (9253 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Brady back for hospital tests
		For the second time since his collapse, he was transferred with an armed police escort to nearby to Fazakerley Hospital, part of the Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust.
		A spokeswoman for Ashworth Hospital said: "This was a planned visit to permit tests to be carried out.
		"Ian Brady was admitted to the same hospital on 27 December, 1999 and underwent a range of tests, after collapsing in his room at Ashworth Hospital.
	news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/598571.stm (448 words)

	Staff suspended at Ashworth secure hospital -- Warden 314 (7079): 461 -- BMJ
		Ashworth on Merseyside, has led to the appointment of new management
		Ashworth, which comprises six wards housing 115 of the hospital's
		said that the hospitals are too large and reminiscent of old
	bmj.com /cgi/content/full/314/7079/461/j (289 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Brady's protest raises health fears (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Following a dispute with staff at the hospital, Brady said on Monday that he was no longer prepared to accept the tube, which is passed through his nose and down his throat.
		Last year, Brady went to the High Court in Liverpool to challenge the power of the hospital to feed him against his wishes, saying he wanted to be allowed to starve himself to death.
		A spokeswoman at Ashworth Hospital said she could not comment on Brady's treatment because of patient confidentiality, but his condition remained unchanged and he was comfortable.
	212.58.240.133 /low/english/uk/newsid_1258000/1258032.stm (537 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Ashworth Hospital comes under the spotlight
		A patient who had absconded from Ashworth special hospital on Merseyside said pornographic videos and drugs were smuggled into the Personality Disorder Unit and on one occasion an eight-year-old girl was brought in and may have been abused by convicted paedophiles.
		Ashworth is home to scores of murderers, rapists, arsonists and other deeply disturbed people, among them Moors Murderer Ian Brady.
		Several members of staff who criticised policies at the hospital and highlighted under-manning claim they were threatened with suspension or the sack.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/20734.stm (475 words)

	The Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospital Authorities (Functions and Membership) Regulations 1996
		The first meeting of the hospital authority shall be held on such day and at such place as may be fixed by the chairman and he shall be responsible for convening the meeting.
		—(1) At any meeting of the hospital authority the chairman or, in his absence, the vice-chairman (if there is one and he is present) shall preside.
		(2) The chairman and at least two non-officer members shall be present at the meeting of the hospital authority which is convened for the purpose of appointing a person to act as the first chief executive.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1996/Uksi_19960489_en_7.htm (529 words)

	icLiverpool - Alarm over plans to scrap patient checks
		The commission pointed to a recent court case, which found Ashworth's policy of seclusion was unlawful, as evidence of the need for more regular inspections.
		In the summer, the Court of Appeal ruled against Ashworth in a case brought by Colonel Munjaz, a patient secluded on four occasions for between four and 20 days at a time.
		All women patients are due to be moved out of Ashworth, but the Commission said it feared some would simply be transferred to Rampton, which would be unable to cope.
	icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0100regionalnews/content_objectid%3D13718029_method%3Dfull_siteid%3D50061_headline%3D-Alarm-over-plans-to-scrap-patient-checks-name_page.html (463 words)

	Broadmoor Hospital
		Previously known as the Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally Insane, the change of name reflects a change in attitude to mental illness, and usage of the word "asylum".
		The hospital was built in 1863, to a design by Sir Joshua Jebb, and has approximately 21 hectares (53 acres) within its secure perimeter.
		BBC News story on scandals and controversy regarding Broadmoor and other secure hospitals (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/826961.stm)
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Broadmoor_hospital (232 words)

	British Medical Journal: Ashworth revisited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Some of the recommendations cannot be argued with, but the overall conclusion that the whole of a major high security hospital should be shut because of serious irregularities on one unit is not really credible.
		An outside analysis of the material it presents leads to the conclusion that, firstly, the previous Blom-Cooper report was mistaken; secondly, Ashworth Hospital has internal management problems; and, thirdly, there was (is) a paucity of skilled staff.
		They note, in passing, in the report that this same iniquitous authority that could not run a personality disorder unit at Ashworth to save its life (my words not theirs) did in fact run perfectly satisfactory personality disorder units in the other two special hospitals for which it was responsible.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0999/is_7178_318/ai_54029161 (894 words)

	Evening News (Edinburgh, Scotland) : Staff scandal at hospital for high-risk patients Ashworth probe finds nurses are ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SCANDAL-HIT Ashworth Hospital today faced further damaging claims that 16 nurses have been working illegally at the top-security psychiatric unit.
		An internal investigation at the hospital found there were no proper procedures for checking whether nurses were qualified.
		It also discovered that many patients at Ashworth, which houses some of the country's severest psychiatric cases, were being detained at the hospital illegally.
	static.elibrary.com /e/eveningnewsedinburghscotland/may111998/staffscandalathospitalforhighriskpatientsashworthp/index.html (253 words)

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