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:
At Cygnet Hospital Stevenage we are extremely keen on the promotion of relational security which is supported by robust physical security arrangements.
We provide the following female services:
We provide the following male services:
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.