Garlands Hospital

Garlands Hospital was a mental health facility at Carleton near Carlisle in Cumbria, England.

Garlands Hospital
Garlands Hospital
Garlands Hospital is located in Cumbria
Garlands Hospital
Shown in Cumbria
Geography
LocationCarleton near Carlisle, Cumbria, England
Coordinates54.8766°N 2.8858°W / 54.8766; -2.8858
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeSpecialist
Services
Emergency departmentN/A
SpecialityPsychiatric Hospital
History
Opened1862
Closed1999
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital, which was designed by Thomas Worthington and John Augustus Cory using a Corridor Plan layout, opened as the Cumberland and Westmorland Lunatic Asylum in January 1862.[1] It joined the National Health Service as Garlands Hospital in 1948.[1] Concerns were raised in Parliament about the amount of overcrowding in the hospital in 1955.[2]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in March 1999.[1] The administration block was subsequently converted into apartments.[1]

References

  1. "Garlands Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. "Garlands Hospital, Carlisle (Accommodation)". Hansard. 2 May 1955. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
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