Beyond the asylum and before the 'care in the community' model: exploring an overlooked early NHS mental health facility

Malathouni, Christina ORCID: 0000-0001-6233-6034 (2020) Beyond the asylum and before the 'care in the community' model: exploring an overlooked early NHS mental health facility. HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY, 31 (4). pp. 455-469.

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Abstract

This article discusses the Admission and Treatment Unit at Fair Mile Hospital, in Cholsey, near Wallingford, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). This was the first new hospital to be completed in England following the launch of the National Health Service. The building was designed by Powell and Moya, one of the most important post-war English architectural practices, and was completed in 1956, but demolished in 2003. The article relates the commission of the building to landmark policy changes and argues for its historic significance in the context of the NHS and of the evolution of mental health care models and policies. It also argues for the need for further study of those early NHS facilities in view of current developments in mental health provision.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Health care architecture, institutionalization, mental hospital, National Health Service, Powell and Moya, 20th century
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Apr 2020 11:04
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 23:56
DOI:	10.1177/0957154X20945974
Open Access URL:	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0957154X2...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3081473