Pound 67 million rebuild to transform secure unit

Aiming to provide a safe, secure, and therapeutic 21st Century care environment that will enable many patients to recover from serious mental illness and eventually return to the community, but in significantly less institutional and cramped surroundings, is the goal of a major pound 67 million rebuild project currently ongoing at the State Hospital in Lanarkshire. HEJ editor Jonathan Baillie visited the hospital, one of only four high secure mental healthcare units currently operating across the UK, where he discovered that the rebuild is a key element of a significantly wider programme to improve forensic mental healthcare provision throughout Scotland.