Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Summary
Services are provided for people of working age who require intensive care during a period of mental health crisis.
Intensive Care Wards provide intensive care management where this is necessary for the patient’s own safety or that of other people.
The care is provided for people who are acutely disturbed and detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. Admissions are for as short a period of time as is appropriate to the patient’s condition.
Service Information
The wards work closely with the acute admission wards, forensic services and the Community Mental Health Teams.
The Hadleigh Unit at Basildon Mental Health Unit is an intensive care ward for clients from the Southend, Rochford, Castle Point, Thurrock and Basildon districts.
Christopher Unit, a purpose built Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit with 10 beds. Providing four beds for female patients, six beds for male patients.
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Hadleigh Unit |
Christopher Unit |
Referral Information
People are referred for admission to an intensive care ward by a healthcare professional.