Haleacre is a secure mental health unit in the grounds of Amersham Hospital

Amersham Hospital

Amersham Hospital is located in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. It is one of three hospitals in the Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, the other two being Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe General Hospital....

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....

, England

England

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Once used as an in-patient (residential) hospital for secure detainment, that purpose is now defunct; and therefore the unit only plays host to day-care facilities as well as therapies, mental health assessments and consultations.

Due to the original purpose; the Haleacre section of the building (physically part of the rest of Amersham Hospital) is guarded by high metal fencing and visibly safe fixtures and fittings inside.

All in-patients in Buckinghamshire (involuntary and voluntary) are now taken to the nearby Tindal Centre

Tindal Centre

The Tindal Centre is a centre for the treatment of mental illnesses in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. It includes a residential hospital for people with profound mental health difficulties and also counselling/therapy outpatient services...

 in Aylesbury

Aylesbury

Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in South East England. However the town also falls into a geographical region known as the South Midlands an area that ecompasses the north of the South East, and the southern extremities of the East Midlands...

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