West London Mental Health (NHS) Trust

The West London Mental Healthcare NHS Trust (WLMHT) was established 1st October 2000.

The head quarters is situated in St. Bernard's Hospital Building. This is on the south side of the Uxbridge Road between the towns of Southall and Hanwell and 8½ miles west from London, in  the Southall district of the London Borough of Ealing, Greater London (Middlesex), England.

With its duties spread across some 32 geographical sites it employs over 3,800 people.

Due to its larger remit there are 7 Executive Directors and 7 Non-Executive Director against the usual five of other trusts.

Currently the Trust management is exploring the possibility of becoming a NHS Foundation Trust. This, it believes, will give it more flexibility to better meet the needs of the people who live in the locality that it serves, and to whom it will become directly accountable.

History

 * Middlesex County Asylum, Hanwell (1831 - 1889)
 * London County Asylum, Hanwell (1889 - 1917)
 * London County Mental Hospital (1918 - 1928)
 * Hanwell Mental Hospital (1929 - 1937)
 * St Bernard's Hospital (1938 - 1980)
 * Psychiatric Unit (1980 – 1992) - part of a re-organised complex of divisions on same site and called Ealing Hospital with a central corporate body.
 * West London Mental Healthcare (NHS) Trust. (1992 - 1999)
 * Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham Mental Health (NHS) Trust (1999 - 2001)
 * West London Mental Health (NHS) Trust (2001 - present)

The trust HQ occupies some of the original buildings once known as Hanwell Asylum. Here the first superintendent Dr (later Sir) William & Mrs Mildred Ellis who were so much impressed with Moral therapy and humane treatment they saw offered to people suffering  Mental disorders at the  Quaker Asylum in York that they both  imposed these methods on the staff at Hanwell. This was as such the very first large scale experiment. The second superintendent brought mechanical restraints - as a form of treatment - back. The third superintendent Dr John Conolly against stiff opposition backed up with much vitriol, took the example further,  and did away with all mechanical restraints. To the surprise and disbelieve of many he found, like the Ellises before, that bedlam diminished, behaviour became less defensive and cooperation improved dramatically, and  many recovered or much improved. This event added to his other pioneering work such as developing proper diets and conditions for his patients and battles to set up regular training  lecture specialising in mental health, for doctor training, all led to him receiving world wide recognition.

Broadmoor high secure hospital: In order to end the isolation suffered by the high secure services from the rest of the NHS, the Health Act 1999 was passed, allowing NHS Trusts to provide for these. After a three month consultation in the early part of the following year it was agreed that the high secure services based at Broadmoor and those provided by the Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health NHS Trust should be combined into one organisation. This created the existing West London Mental Health NHS Trust, which took over governance  in 2001.

November 2004 The Woman's Secure Services Directorate was created.

Local services division

 * Cassel Hospital
 * Charing Cross (levels 3, 4 & 9)
 * Lakeside
 * Elderly Mentally Ill (Dove ward)
 * St Bernard's site.
 * The Limes.

Forensic services division

 * The Paddock Center (70 bed) - Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (DSDP) at Broadmoor. Hospital, Crowthorne in Berkshire.
 * Broadmoor Hospital (300 bed) - Men's High Secure unit at Crowthorne in Berkshire.
 * The Orchard (60 bed) & Rollo May (?) (Women's Medium Secure Unit) at Ealing site.
 * The Three Bridges (?) (Men's Regional Secure Unit) at Ealing site.
 * The Tony Hillis Wing - Local Secure Unit at Ealing site.
 * The Wells (10 bed) – Adolescent Secure Unit at Ealing site.

Geographical spread
WLMHT either run or provide services at the followng sites: 


 * 1) Avenue House CMHRC 43-47 Avenue Road W3 8NJ
 * 2) Barb Mews 10 Barb Mews, London W6 7PA
 * 3) Brentford, Isleworth & Chiswick CMHT: 78 St John's Road, Isleworth, TW7 6RU
 * 4) Brentford Lodge: Boston Manor Road, Brentford, TW8 8DS
 * 5) Broadmoor Hospital Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7EG
 * 6) Canal House 97 London Road, Brentford TW8 8JQ
 * 7) Cassell Hospital: 1 Ham Common, Richmond, TW10 7JF
 * 8) Cardinal Centre (Feltham CMHT): Cardinal Road, Hounslow, TW13 5AL
 * 9) Charing Cross Hospital: Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF
 * 10) Cherington House: Cherington Road, Hanwell, W7 3HL
 * 11) Chestnut Lodge 3 Woofield Road, Eailing, London W5 1SL
 * 12) Claybrook Road (Charing Cross Annex) Claybrook Road, London, W6
 * 13) Cloister Road (Gunnersbury Day Hospital) Cloister Road, Acton, W3 0DF
 * 14) Dukes Avenue Dukes Avenue, Richmond, TW10 7JF
 * 15) Elm Lodge 4a Marley Close, Greenford, London UB6 9UG
 * 16) Gloucester House 194 Hammersmith Road, London, W6 8BS
 * 17) Hammersmith & Fulham Mental Health Unit (Charing Cross Hospital site) Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8NF
 * 18) Heart of Hounslow Centre for Health 92 Bath Road, Hounslow TW3 3EL
 * 19) Hounslow CMHT 88 Lampton Road, Hounslow, TW3 4DW
 * 20) John Conolly Wing (St Bernard's Hospital site) Uxbridge Road, Southall UB1 3EU
 * 21) Lakeside Mental Health Unit West Middlesex University Hospital, Twickenham Road, Isleworth, TW7 6AF
 * 22) Limes Merrick Road, Southall, UB2 4AU
 * 23) Lammas Centre 13 Mattock Lane, Ealing, W5 5BG
 * 24) Links Project 8-10 Carlton Road, LondonW4 5DY
 * 25) Manor Gate 1a Manor Gate, Northolt, UB5 5GT
 * 26) Martin House 1 Swift Road, Southall, Middlesex UB2 4RP
 * 27) Old Oak Road 16/18 Old Oak Road, London, W3 7HO
 * 28) Orchard Women's Medium Secure Unit (St Bernard's Hospital site)Uxbridge Road, Southall UB1 3EU
 * 29) Paddock Centre (DSPD) (Broadmoor Hospital site) Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7EG
 * 30) Penny Sangham Osterley Park Road, Southall, UB2 4EU
 * 31) Richford Gate Richford Street, London, W6 7HY
 * 32) Solace Centre 58 Bowmans Close, London W13 9YT
 * 33) Southall Norwood The Green, Southall, UB2 4B
 * 34) Stamford Brook Centre 206 Goldhawk Road, London W12 9PA
 * 35) St Vincent Centre 49 Queen Caroline Street, London W6 9QH
 * 36) St Bernard's Hospital & Trust HQ Uxbridge Road, Southall UB1 3EU
 * 37) Sycamore Lodge 1 Edgecote Close, Acton, London W3 8HP
 * 38) Three Bridges Regional Secure Unit (St Bernard's Hospital site)Uxbridge Road, Southall UB1 3EU
 * 39) Tony Hillis Wing Local Secure Unit (St Bernard's Hospital site)Uxbridge Road, Southall UB1 3EU
 * 40) Westbourne Grove OPD 304 Westbourne Grove, London, W11 2PS
 * 41) Windmill Lodge (St Bernard's Hospital site) Uxbridge Road, Southall UB1 3EU
 * 42) Wolverton Gardens 1-3 Wolverton Gardens, London, W6 7DQ
 * 43) Wolverton Gardens 2 Wolverton Gardens, London, W6 7DY

Other Trusts
On the same grounds as St. Bernard's Hospital are facilities provided by several other NHS Trusts:


 * Max Glatt Unit, Gatehouse Community Alcohol Team and the Gatehouse Drug Treatment Centre are alcohol and drug dependacy facilities which are all run by Central & North West London Mental Health NHS Trust


 * Meadow House Hospice is run by the Ealing PCT Trust.