Purpose-built, Heatherwood Court provides mental health treatment in both low secure and locked environments
Located in countryside close to Cardiff, Heatherwood Court offers accommodation across four single-gender units.
Opened in 2008, Heatherwood Court provides care, treatment and rehabilitation for individuals who meet the following criteria:
- Adults with severe and enduring mental illness requiring a low secure environment
- Male and female mentally disordered offenders requiring a low secure environment
- Women with mental health needs and personality disorders requiring a locked ward
At Heatherwood our focus is on rehabilitation and recovery. By providing our patients with relationship and life skills, alongside resilience and coping strategies, we promote the emotional stability which can provide the sound foundation needed to make a successful move back into the community.
In addition to nursing and support staff, our Multidisciplinary team of over 150 people also includes:
- Psychiatrists
- Clinical and Forensic Psychologists
- Occupational Therapists
- Educational and Work Skills specialists
Admission Criteria - Mental Health
Our mental health services can be provided in gender specific units for males and females from the age of 18 who meet the following criteria:
- adults with severe and enduring mental illness requiring a low secure environment for treatment and rehabilitation (Heatherwood Court)
- male and female mentally disordered offenders requiring a low secure environment and ongoing treatment and rehabilitation (Heatherwood Court)
- adults moving from medium secure services to low secure environments requiring continuing treatment (Heatherwood Court)
- women with a diagnosis of personality disorder requiring psychological treatments including DBT (Heatherwood Court)
- women with severe or enduring mental illness or a diagnosis of personality disorder who require locked rehabilitation (Heatherwood Court)
- women with mental illness and degenerative neurological conditions or complex physical needs (St Peter’s Hospital)
- men with mental illness and degenerative neurological conditions or complex physical needs (St Peter’s Hospital)
- adults over the age of 65 with dementia, challenging behaviour and/or mental illness (St Peter’s Hospital)
