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St Magnus Hospital Male Low secure services – 33 beds Male Locked ward recovery services – 53 beds Male Ward in the Community – 14 beds In addition, St Magnus is our headquarter site providing Human Resources, Finance, and Estates facilities. St Magnus Nursing Unit Male and Female Care home with nursing – 54 beds St Martha’s Male Locked ward recovery services – 37 beds Female Locked ward recovery services – 37 beds Male and Female self-contained step-down/transition flatlets – 5
The services care for patients aged 55 years and above with a functional illness (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder etc.). People will often have co-morbid organic syndromes, personality disorders, as well as significant substance use disorders, and physical health conditions. We also provide care to patients aged 40 years and above with progressive organic illness (e.g. dementing illnesses of early onset, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease etc.).
Yes, although primarily services for older people with mental health problems, St Magnus and St Martha’s Hospitals and St Magnus Nursing, have been set up to care for the physical care needs as well as the mental health care needs of people subject to the aging process, concurrent physical health problems and progressive, degenerative organic illnesses. We employ General nurses as well as mental health nurses to assist in meeting the physical health needs of our residents and patients.
We provide specialist low secure services for men on the St Magnus site, these are locked wards with a higher security rating than our locked ward recovery services and form part of the secure hospital estate for the country. The Locked ward recovery service provides for patients who are detained to the hospital under the Mental Health Act and require treatment as part of their detention.
We have a range of specialist staff including: – • Forensic psychiatrists • Older age psychiatrists • GP services • Registered Mental health and Registered General (adult) nurses • Associate nurses • Support Workers/care staff • Social workers • Psychology • Occupational Therapy • Speech and Language therapy • Other therapies including music, drama, art, physiotherapy • Chefs • Housekeepers
For Referral enquiries: The easiest way is to use the link below which is a single point of referral access to all of our services. You can request a referral form or provide some basic information and we will respond to you accordingly. stmagnus.hospital@nhs.net For general enquiries: St Magnus Hospital & St Magnus Nursing admin@stmagnus.co.uk Telephone 01428 647860 for Reception St Martha’s admin@stmarthas.co.uk Telephone 01425 207028 for Reception
All of our services are paid for by the NHS and or Local Authority commissioning groups. All of our patients are NHS patients who require our specialist services that are not provided for or provided for in sufficient quantity or specialism, at NHS hospitals.
Yes, we do. Although our St Magnus site is in Haslemere, Surrey and our St Martha’s site is located in the New Forest in Hampshire, we accept referrals from across the United Kingdom. Our main commissioning partners are in London and the South of England; however, we have patients from as far afield as Scotland with us.
Most of our services are designed to maintain and improve people’s mental and physical health and wellbeing across a range of facilities accommodating differing and fluctuating needs. Some patients may stay for six months, and some may stay for longer, moving through our range of services as their condition improves or their assessed needs change.
We are always on the lookout for talented people who have experience in health and social care or are looking for a new career direction. To enquire about current vacancies please use the link below and send us an email with your request. Email: hr@stmagnus.co.uk