The options for consultation
Two options met our evaluation criteria for where specialist older people’s mental health inpatient wards could be located. The first option can be done in two ways, named as option one (a) and option one (b).
No decision has been made about the proposed options. We are keen to hear what you think and if we have missed anything when we were developing our proposed options. You will find information about how you can give your response at the end of this document.
If you would like a reminder of our current services, this can be found on page 7 of this document.
The proposed options are:
Option one
A dementia service on Ward 19, Dewsbury and District Hospital:
- Two separate male and female wards
- 30 beds
There are two ways we could have a functional mental health needs service in option one:
Option 1a:
A functional mental health needs service:
- On Crofton Ward, Fieldhead Hospital, Wakefield. Two separate male and female wards, 26 beds, and,
- On Beechdale Ward, Calderdale Royal Hospital. One mixed gender ward, 16 beds.
- There would be 42 beds for a functional mental health needs service in total.
Total beds – 72
Cost to set up – £8.2m
Cost to run each year – £9.1m
Option 1b:
A functional mental health needs service:
- On Crofton Ward, Fieldhead Hospital, Wakefield. One mixed gender ward, 22 beds, and,
- On Beechdale Ward, Calderdale Royal Hospital. One mixed gender ward, 16 beds.
- There would be 38 beds for a functional mental health needs service in total.
- This is 4 less beds than in option 1a. There would be all mixed gender wards for functional mental health needs.
Total beds – 68
Cost to set up – £5.5m
Cost to run each year – £8.2m
Option two
A dementia service on Crofton Ward, Fieldhead Hospital, Wakefield:
- Two separate male and female wards
- 26 beds
A functional mental health needs service:
- On Ward 19, Dewsbury and District Hospital. Two separate male and female wards, 30 beds, and,
- On Beechdale Ward, Calderdale Royal Hospital. One mixed gender ward, 16 beds.
- There would be 46 beds for a functional mental health needs service in total.
Total beds – 72
Cost to setup – £8.2m
Cost to run each year – £9.2m
If you would like to read our full business case and impact assessments, please visit our website www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/opsconsultation
Questions 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the consultation survey will ask you about the proposed options.
The Poplars, Hemsworth, Wakefield
As the proposed options were developed, it became clear that The Poplars site did not fulfil the criteria for specialist mental health inpatient services, which includes people who are severely unwell with dementia. The criteria we used can be found on page 22 of this document. The Poplars is in an isolated location in Hemsworth and does not have good access to a main general or mental health hospital which was an important consideration for all options.
However, the Poplars site is still owned by the Trust. Whilst it is not part of the future model
for specialist inpatient services, we will be working closely with our health and social care partners to look at how the site could be used to deliver other health and care services in the future.
Using Beechdale Ward as a specialist dementia ward
All of the proposed options include using Beechdale Ward, Calderdale Royal Hospital, as
a dedicated ward for functional mental health needs. The ward did not meet many of the criteria for a specialist dementia ward. This is because the ward layout, design and environment are unsuitable for patients diagnosed with dementia.
Current planning applications
Our Trust is progressing a planning application with Wakefield Council which asks for extra beds at Fieldhead Hospital. The plans outlined in our application can be used to support any of the options proposed in this public consultation. We have put in our planning application now so that any decision made as an outcome of this public consultation can happen in a timely way. Should the outcome of the consultation lead to a change to our proposals, the planning application may be changed or withdrawn.
You can read the planning application on the Wakefield Council website: www.wakefield.gov.uk/planning/