Mental Health Home Set To Close
A mental health unit which hasn’t admitted a new long-term patient for the last five years is set to close. Health bosses say that Sion House community ward, in Ribbleton, is “no longer fit for purpose” and its six patients could be given better treatment elsewhere. Under proposals submitted by Lancashire Care NHS Trust four patients would be transferred to the Euxton Lane community ward, Chorley, while the other two would be cared for in the private sector.
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