Ivetsey Bank Hospital

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Staffordshire

Ivetsey Bank Hospital is a Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) hospital for young people aged 12-18 with a diagnosed mental health condition. We’re committed to helping every person we support feel safe, happy and empowered, enabling them to live the best life possible.

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Capacity up to 37


CAMHS


All Genders


Staffordshire

A mental health care service for children and adolescents alike.

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Located in Staffordshire, we specialise in supporting young people with severe or complex mental health conditions who need intensive inpatient treatment. We are dedicated to providing caring, supportive, recovery-focused treatment and we achieve this by working together with our young people, their families and other professionals.

Our model of care is clinically led and has been put together by our doctors, nurses, psychologists, therapists, social worker and other experts in this field.  It also builds upon the feedback we have received from young people and their families about what matters to them.

We draw on a wide range of evidence to help inform how we treat and support every young person we care for. A genuine person-centred approach sits at the heart of our model because no two individuals share exactly the same needs, hopes and challenges.

We have our own Ofsted registered school on site so our young people can continue with their studies while receiving treatment, provided they are well enough to attend.

There are three separate units on our Stafford site spread across two buildings: Wedgwood: Eating Disorders Service, Hartley: Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and Thorneycroft: General Adolescent Service. Each unit has its own dedicated Consultant-led Multi-Disciplinary Team who are experts in looking after and treating young people with severe, enduring and complex mental health conditions.

Conditions we support, but are not limited to:

  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Anxiety Disorder
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Depression
  • Mood Disorders
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychosis
  • Schizoaffective Disorder
  • Undiagnosed Emerging Personality Disorder (UEPD)

37 Bedrooms

Ivetsey Bank Hospital is one of the UK’s largest providers of specialist mental health care for children and adolescents.

On-site school

Providing our residents are well enough to attend we have an Ofsted registered school on-site allowing for continued learning.

Gym

On-site gym allowing our residents access to health and wellbeing facilities where they can interact with each other.

Therapy Kitchen

We offer culinary schools to allow for the learning of new life whilst skills, that will with independent living in later life.

Outdoor sports area

Recreational facilities for games and activities is at the centre of our outdoor activities encouraging residents to interact.

 Vehicles for outings

Day trips and other outings are always pre-planned and we like to travel in style with our own minibus allowing for safe travel.

Ivetsey Bank School

Ofsted Registered Independent Special School

It has been inspected by Ofsted and is a registered exam centre. All residents are encouraged to attend school during term time where education is provided to pupils from Key Stage 3 through to GCSEs and A-Levels.

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“Thank you so much for everything you have done. You stuck by her and never gave up. I cannot thank you enough.”
Parent
"I am so thankful to you all for the support you are giving him."
Family member
"Thank you to the staff for being supportive."
Patient
"Thank you for the hard work with regards to supporting our young person. You kept on supporting her during her difficult times. l am positive that you do the same with all the young persons that you support. l know she is thankful for the support that you gave her."
Social Worker
"It is hard to describe our gratitude towards the amazing work that you have undertaken to help her to recover from her illness. You have been absolutely fantastic. I do not think that she could have come this far in her recovery without your tireless help and understanding. Thank you so very, very much for everything you have done for us. With love, utter respect and best wishes."
Parent
"Thank you so much for your fabulous help, support and understanding. I think you have been absolutely brilliant. Best wishes."
Family member
"Well done and my thanks to you and the rest of the team for going above and beyond to support her whilst she was a patient with you."
Case Manager
"To the staff of Ivetsey! I want to start this off by saying, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you so much for saving me, again and again. Its been a long road to recovery, and its taken a lot of work from you and myself. I am so grateful for all of the support and genuine kindness that I've been given."
Former Patient
"Thank you to all the staff at Ivetsey for supporting my daughter. Words cannot express my gratitude. She is doing so well thank you. You all do such an amazing job and for that I am truly thankful."
Parent
"Thank you to the team for being absolute legends and keeping us entertained with things to do."
Patient
"My progression is purely down to the team."
Patient
"I have a good rapport with the Ivetsey Bank team and I am happy on the ward."
Patient
"You are an incredible and caring family therapist and person, and I can tell that you actually care. You’ve helped me so much and I can’t thank you enough. Thank you for looking after my family and making sure they’re okay. You’ve helped a lot of people since I have been here and I know that you will help a lot more, thank you. You’re also great emotional support in meetings."
Patient
"You helped me to become comfortable about opening up and I will forever be grateful for that. Thank you for making me laugh during ALL of our conversations – you made me feel less like a patient and more like an ordinary person. Thank you for looking after me and being a supportive, hardworking, amazing key nurse."
Patient
"A really big thank you to you all for being so open minded. You are truly in the interests of the patients."
Head of Quality and Compliance, Birmingham Women and Children's Commissioning, Mental Health Division
"To all the wonderful staff, we cannot thank you enough for your care, patience, guidance and support during her stay with you. I personally would like to thank each and every one of you for finding and giving me back my daughter - I will be forever grateful."
Family member
"Thanks for all you did for us, I don’t think we would be where we are now if it wasn’t for you."
Family member
"You make life in hospital so much better. I will remember things you say in times of struggle. Whenever I am struggling or whenever I need anything you are there with a smile, a fidget toy and some advice. I will always remember our laughs together. You have truly changed my life. Thank you."
Patient
"To everyone involved in his care, we want to say you're very kind! Thank you for looking after our precious boy, we can't express how happy we are to see his progress and to finally have him coming home!"
Family member

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Commitment to Quality

At Ivetsey Bank Hospital we have aligned and agreed our strategic goals to define what we want our organisation to achieve. This means we have also aligned them with the five domains of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection standards to ensure we provide the very best care possible to all our residents.

Our Address

Ivetsey Bank, Wheaton Aston, Stafford, ST19 9QT

Contact Number

Tel: 01785 840000

Referrals

referrals@activecaregroup.co.uk

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