{"id":554,"date":"2010-10-01T17:42:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T17:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whitchurchhospital.co.uk\/?p=554"},"modified":"2010-10-07T21:31:33","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T21:31:33","slug":"the-echo-plans-for-new-mental-health-unit-will-close-whitchurch-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whitchurchhospital.co.uk\/?p=554","title":{"rendered":"The Echo &#8211; Plans for new mental health unit will close Whitchurch hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;\"><a class=\"i-date\" title=\"Find all articles published on Sep 30 2010 to the Health News section\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/health-news\/2010\/09\/30\/\">Sep 30 2010<\/a> by <a class=\"i-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/authors\/madeleine-brindley\/\">Madeleine Brindley<\/a>, South Wales <span><\/p>\n<p>Read More <a style=\"color: #003399;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/cardiffonline\/cardiff-news\/2010\/09\/30\/plans-for-new-mental-health-unit-will-close-whitchurch-hospital-91466-27369521\/\">http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/cardiffonline\/cardiff-news\/2010\/09\/30\/plans-for-new-mental-health-unit-will-close-whitchurch-hospital-91466-27369521\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;\">\n<div id=\"preLoadLayer0\" style=\"position: absolute; z-index: 2147482649; top: -32px; left: -18px; display: none;\"><a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" style=\"text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/cardiffonline\/cardiff-news\/#\" target=\"undefined\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"preloadImg\" style=\"border: medium none; width: 22px; height: 22px;\" src=\"http:\/\/kona.kontera.com\/javascript\/lib\/imgs\/grey_loader.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>WHITCHURCH Hospital will close within four years after <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" style=\"text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/cardiffonline\/cardiff-news\/#\" target=\"undefined\"><span style=\"color: blue ! important; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;\"><span class=\"kLink\" style=\"color: blue ! important; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid blue; background-color: transparent;\">health<\/span><\/span><\/a> chiefs backed a plan to transfer inpatient mental health services to Llandough.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the Whitchurch site will be sold off but the majority will continue to be a base for health and well-being services.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood the site could house a locality health centre,  similar to the one being developed at Cardiff Royal Infirmary, to serve  the people of north Cardiff. And some of the land could be used to allow  neighbouring Velindre Cancer Centre to expand.<\/p>\n<div id=\"preLoadLayer1\" style=\"position: absolute; z-index: 2147482647; top: -32px; left: -18px; display: none;\"><a id=\"KonaLink1\" class=\"kLink\" style=\"text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/cardiffonline\/cardiff-news\/#\" target=\"undefined\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"preloadImg\" style=\"border: medium none; width: 22px; height: 22px;\" src=\"http:\/\/kona.kontera.com\/javascript\/lib\/imgs\/grey_loader.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In the meantime a new inpatient mental health unit will be built at Llandough Hospital to provide all inpatient services for <a id=\"KonaLink1\" class=\"kLink\" style=\"text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/cardiffonline\/cardiff-news\/#\" target=\"undefined\"><span style=\"color: blue ! important; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;\"><span class=\"kLink\" style=\"color: blue ! important; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid blue; background-color: transparent;\">patients<\/span><\/span><\/a> in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad mpu2\" style=\"display: none;\">&lt;a href=&#8221;http:\/\/trinitymirror.grapeshot.co.uk\/wales\/redirect.cgi?target=http:\/\/ad.uk.doubleclick.net\/jump\/icwales2.5293\/article_mpu;slot=article%5Fmpu;sect=health%2Dnews;templ=page;cat=Lifestyle;reg=Wales;st=r2;oid=27369521;sz=300&#215;250;gs_cat=GS_CHANNELS;tile=4;ord=23755954?&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt; \t&lt;img \tsrc=&#8221;http:\/\/trinitymirror.grapeshot.co.uk\/wales\/redirect.cgi?target=http:\/\/ad.uk.doubleclick.net\/ad\/icwales2.5293\/article_mpu;slot=article%5Fmpu;sect=health%2Dnews;templ=page;cat=Lifestyle;reg=Wales;st=r2;oid=27369521;sz=300&#215;250;gs_cat=GS_CHANNELS;tile=4;ord=23755954?&#8221; \t \twidth=&#8221;300&#8243; \theight=&#8221;250&#8243; \t \tborder=&#8221;0&#8243; \talt=&#8221;article_mpuAdvertisement&#8221; \/&gt; \t&lt;\/a&gt;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The closure of Whitchurch Hospital and the centralisation of  inpatient care at Llandough Hospital, which will be subject to public  consultation, comes as Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wants to  develop a \u201crecovery model\u201d for mental health services.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of care will be provided in the community.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #003399;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/cardiffonline\/cardiff-news\/2010\/09\/30\/plans-for-new-mental-health-unit-will-close-whitchurch-hospital-91466-27369521\/#ixzz1187dnRDW\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sep 30 2010 by Madeleine Brindley, South Wales Read More http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/cardiffonline\/cardiff-news\/2010\/09\/30\/plans-for-new-mental-health-unit-will-close-whitchurch-hospital-91466-27369521\/ WHITCHURCH Hospital will close within four years after health chiefs backed a plan to transfer inpatient mental health services to Llandough. 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