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Fieldhead Hospital is a psychiatric and learning disability hospital in Wakefield, United Kingdom. It is operated by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and was formerly operated by Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health Trust prior to the current Trust being formed in 2002.HistoryThe hospital was opened on the 11th July 1972 by HRH Princess Alexandra and was operated by the Wakefield Hospital Management Committee. The hospital replaced older hospitals such as Oulton Hall, Hatfield Hall and Cardigan Hospital with a full range of facilities for patients with learning difficulties (referred to as 'mentally handicapped' at the time of opening) and cost around £2 million to construct.Facilities included: 480 beds in wards for children, severely disabled children, adults and geriatrics Admission and assessment wards for adults and children Pre-discharge ward for 20 patients Infirmary for 20 patients School Social centre Industrial and occupational therapy unit Out-patient department Staff residential accommodation and garages Staff changing rooms Kitchen and dining accommodation Administrative offices Each building, or 'villa', was designed for a category of resident i.e. children, adolescents, adults, geriatrics, or severely disabled and many were linked in pairs in order to have shared dining accommodation and day rooms. Residents who were bed-bound would be able to have sight of the activities taking part in the day rooms and each villa had a hobbies room along with baths, showers, changing and drying facilities and treatment rooms. Each villa had an internal courtyard with seating and on the west and southern aspects, a terraced area could be found.

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