St Ann's Hospital, Dorset

St Ann's Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in the Canford Cliffs area of Poole, Dorset, run by Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust. Designed by Robert Weir Schultz, the hospital opened in 1912 at a cost of £46,500. The hospital was given £35,000,000 for development in 2011, this was spent on 2 new wards and refurbishment, £14 million of this was spent by 2013 then the phased building works stopped until 2015.St Ann's achieved when inspected by the CQC achieved all standards care.Patients that stay at St Ann's hospital may be detained under the Mental Health Act or staying informally (able to leave at any time).The hospital has 6 acute locked (patient's cannot leave without a staff member allowing them out) wards and 1 other separate unit on the same site:Chine Ward for Female Inpatients (Treatment Ward)Harbour Ward for Male Inpatients (Treatment Ward)Twynham Ward a low secure forensics unitSeaview Ward (AAU - Acute admissions unit) for newly admitted Inpatients of mixed sex (Assessment Ward)Alumhurst Ward for Inpatients over 65 years of age and mixed sex - non dementiaHaven Ward which is a PICU for Inpatients that demonstrate severe acute illness on separate - male and female Wards. Kimmeridge Court is on the same site but is a separate unit for eating disorders.English Heritage have designated it a Grade II* listed building.