Auckland Park Hospital
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Auckland Park Hospital in Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...

 provides psychiatric care to the elderly. It contains two assessment wards, one functional (for depression, psychosis etc) and one organic (for dimentia). There is a further ward for continuing care where elderly people are cared for prior to going into a care home. The hospital also has an outpatient clinic and serves as a community base for elderly psychiatry. Its building is a former maternity unit (constructed circa 1980) which used to be part Bishop Auckland General Hospital before the new hospital was constructed. It belongs to the Esk Tees and Wear valleys foundation trust link: http://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ who also manage Earls House Hospital
Earls House Hospital
Earls House Hospital is a hospital located in County Durham, England, and lies on a large site just north west of Durham city. The hospital is run by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust who also run St Luke's Hospital, Middlesbrough, and West Park Hospital in Darlington. It formerly served as the...

, West Park Hospital
West Park Hospital
West Park is a modern NHS adult mental health unit situated on the north-western outskirts of Darlington. It was built to replace the dated facilies at the now demolished Winterton Hospital and the Pierremont unit at Darlington Memorial Hospital....

 and St Luke's Hospital, Middlesbrough
St Luke's Hospital, Middlesbrough
St Luke's Hospital, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England is unique as it is a remaining example of a well intact Victorian asylum. The building now provides a range of services for adults and older people with mental health problems and learning disabilities...

. Auckland Park replaces many of the services formally located at Winterton.
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