Rampton Hospital
Rampton Hospital is one of three high security hospitals in England and Wales. Its mission is to work with commissioners, patients, carers and staff to lead the development and provision of high quality, cost effective, secure forensic health care.
Patient admission criteria
Patients are only admitted to Rampton Hospital if they are referred by a health professional and assessed by the Hospital as meeting the criteria for admission.
Patients will have been assessed as requiring treatment under conditions within a high secure environment, meeting the criteria of posing a grave and immediate danger to themselves or the public. Many will have come via the Criminal Justice System.
Most admissions will be under Part III of the MHA, either from the court, from prison or a medium security unit.
Those patients who have not committed a criminal offence are a civil admission under Part II of the MHA and will usually have come from a lower level security hospital setting and have been assessed as potentially a serious danger to others.
Referrals come from:
- Courts
- Prisons
- Secure hospitals
- General mental health services
- Independent sector hospitals
The average length of stay in the Hospital is approximately five years, but a very small number of patients are likely to remain at Rampton Hospital for a significantly longer period of time.
Social Care Service
The Social Care Service works across all areas of the Hospital and with staff, patients, their carers and families and external agencies. The team has a key role in the safety, protection and safeguarding of children and adults.
One of the main responsibilities for the service is the safe facilitation of family and child visits to patients at the Hospital. The team is a main point of contact for families, friends and carers and works closely with the Family and Volunteer Support Service at the Hospital. The Social Care Service works to empower patients and provide advocacy and advice over issues regarding patient wellbeing, human rights, equality and diversity and social justice.
More information can be found by contacting the team at:
Tel: 01777 247354
CQC Report
For the latest copy of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published reports, click here.
Following the publication of the recent CQC report in October 2019, Rampton Hospital has been issued with nine “must do” areas for improvement:
Contact and find us
Rampton Hospital
Woodbeck
Retford
Nottinghamshire
DN22 0PD
Tel: 01777 248 321
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