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Cefn Coed Hospital

Field	Value
name	Cefn Coed Hospital
org_group	Swansea Bay University Health Board
image	Cefn Coed Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 19854.jpg
caption	Cefn Coed Hospital
location	Swansea
region	West Glamorgan
state	Wales
country	United Kingdom
healthcare	NHS Wales
type	Specialist
speciality	Mental health
emergency	No
founded	1932
website
pushpin_map	Wales Swansea
pushpin_map_caption	Shown in Swansea
coordinates

Cefn Coed Hospital () is a mental-health facility in Swansea, Wales. It is managed by the Swansea Bay University Health Board.

History

The hospital was designed by George Thomas Hine and Hallam Carter-Pegg using a compact arrow layout, and was officially opened by the Princess Royal as Swansea Mental Hospital in 1932. It was used as a casualty hospital during the Second World War.

In 2002, the University of Wales Swansea reported that the hospital had to lock up patients due to understaffing.

Work started in 2009 to build modern replacement mental-health accommodation and facilities, including Ysbryd y Coed, which is purpose-built for patients with dementia, in the grounds of Cefn Coed . Other new-builds in the Cefn Coed grounds are the 18-bed Gwelfor Rehabilitation Unit, a pub featuring non-alcoholic beer called “The Derwen Arms”, and two supported houses for recovering patients preparing to move back home.

In March 2015, the health board's new low-secure mental-health unit, Taith Newydd, opened in Bridgend, replacing some of the old wards at Cefn Coed. Other new mental-health builds include the ARC Centre and Angelton Clinic in Bridgend, and Ty Einon in Swansea. In 2015, the NHS announced that the phased closure of Cefn Coed Hospital would continue for the next three to five years, with several decommissioned wards planned for demolition that year.

In June 2019, the hospital was one of the filming locations for the Channel 4 drama, The Accident, starring Sarah Lancashire. The series aired on the 24 October 2019.

Notable staff

The comedienne Jo Brand was once a psychiatric nurse at the hospital.

References

"Cefn Coed Hospital". County Asylums.
(28 January 2002). "Report damns psychiatric care". BBC.
Board, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health. "Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board - ABMU statement regarding Cefn Coed Hospital report".
Sherwin, Adam. (30 January 2019). "Sarah Lancashire leads the cast in Jack Thorne's The Light (w/t)". [[Channel 4]].
Stanley, David. (19 October 2016). "Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare: Values into Action". John Wiley & Sons.

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