Cygnet Hospital Stevenage

Cygnet Hospital Stevenage is built to designated medium secure specifications, to maintain a comfortable and therapeutic environment while helping us maintain a high standard of specialist nursing.


We have recently completed a number of developments that have been carefully planned to meet the diverse needs of service users and commissioners in an ever changing health care environment. These changes are designed to improve a service users experience but also to help facilitate their progress into the community. This has been achieved by:

  • Having a symmetrical male and female care pathway, based over six wards, working across three levels; Medium secure – Low Secure – Locked Challenging Behaviour.
  • Working closely with our sister hospitals to move service users on to locked rehab/community settings when deemed appropriate.
  • Giving service users the opportunity to gain a qualification in Hospitality or Housekeeping, increasing their possible prospects for employment when based within a community.
  • Holding regular Service User and Shared Pathway forums to really improve facilities and services whilst continually promoting joint working between staff and service users.

At Cygnet Hospital Stevenage we are extremely keen on the promotion of relational security which is supported by robust physical security arrangements.

Services at Stevenage

We provide the following female services:

We provide the following male services:

Facilities and care

Facilities include a vocational café, large gym offering five-a-side football, basketball and table tennis, and a well-equipped exercise room. Activities for service users who are granted Section 17 leave include gardening at our off-site allotment, ten-pin bowling or day trips.

Everyone has a primary nurse who develops an ongoing relationship with them. We use this relationship as the basis for other members of our multi-disciplinary team of psychiatric, medical, teaching and support specialists to add their individual skills. We tailor the therapy programme for each person, sensitively taking into account their individual needs.

Why Refer to Cygnet Hospital Stevenage?

  • Our male and female care pathways offer quick transitions and shorter lengths of stay.
  • In addition to standard therapies, DBT and Schema Focus Therapy is available on all wards.
  • We give our service users the opportunity to gain a qualification in Hospitality or Housekeeping, increasing their possible prospects for employment when based within a community.

Contact the hospital

Cygnet Hospital Stevenage Graveley Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4YS Tel: 01438 342942 Fax : 01438 721147

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