Standish Hospital latest

The hospital at Standish in it's 31-acre site near Stonehouse remains closed - it is almost a year after a healthcare provider was chosen to bid to buy it.

The chosen bidder is thought to be Northampton-based St Andrew's Healthcare, which specialises in hospitals for patients with psychiatric illnesses. However there has still been no official announcement about who may have purchased Standish Hospital. The choice of St Andrews would also appear to be strange as a large concentration of mental health services is against national policy of integrating people into the community.

It is a great great shame that Whitehall rejected the community-led proposal by Standish Mutual Trust for the future use of the hospital. It is a pity on many levels as the hospital is now deteriorating. If the mutual had taken over the site two years ago we would have already seen services being provided.