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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|the psychiatric unit in Darlington, County Durham|the former mental hospital in Epsom, Surrey|West Park Hospital, Epsom}}<br />
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{{Infobox hospital<br />
| Name = West Park Hospital<br />
| Org/Group= [[Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust]]<br />
| Image = West Park Hospital in Darlington.jpg<br />
| caption= West Park Hospital in Darlington - run by [[Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust]]. <br />
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| Location = [[Darlington]]<br />
| Region = [[County Durham]]<br />
| State =<br />
| Country = England<br />
| HealthCare= [[National Health Service (England)|NHS England]]<br />
| Type = [[Psychiatric hospital|Psychiatric]]<br />
| Speciality=<br />
| Emergency= No<br />
| Affiliation=<br />
| Beds =approximately 94<br />
| Founded =December 2004<br />
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| Website ={{URL|www.tewv.nhs.uk}}<br />
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|}}<br />
'''West Park Hospital''' is a modern [[National Health Service|NHS]] adult [[psychiatric]] hospital in [[Darlington]], [[County Durham]], England. It is managed by the [[Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The hospital was procured under a [[Private Finance Initiative]] ('PFI') contract, to replace outdated facilitates at the Pierremont Unit and the Beaumont Ward at [[Darlington Memorial Hospital]] and at the Gables Unit in [[Sedgefield]], in 2002.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/4065553.stm|title=New mental health hospital opens|publisher=BBC|date=3 December 2004|accessdate=20 September 2018}}</ref> It was built at a cost of £16 million and was officially opened by [[Alan Milburn]], [[Minister for the Cabinet Office]], in December 2004.<ref name=echo>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/health/8833574.Trust_buys_back_hospital/|title=Trust buys back hospital|date=4 February 2011|publisher=Northern Echo|accessdate=20 September 2018}}</ref> At the time of opening the new facility had 24 rooms for older people, 60 bedrooms for acute adult patients and 10 intensive care beds.<ref name=bbc/><br />
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In 2009 the Trust decided to exercise a break clause in the contract allowing it to terminate the contract early by paying £18 million up front.<ref name=tele>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/8296685/Hospital-saves-14m-by-getting-out-of-PFI-deal.html|title=Hospital saves £14m by getting out of PFI deal|publisher=The Telegraph|date=2 February 2011|accessdate=20 September 2018}}</ref>{{efn|[[Hexham General Hospital]] is another example of the Trust buying itself out of the PFI contract}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of hospitals in England]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust]<br />
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[[Category:Hospital buildings completed in 2004]]<br />
[[Category:NHS hospitals in England]]<br />
[[Category:Hospitals in County Durham]]<br />
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