Making Room for Dignity - Radbourne Unit refurbishment
The Trust is currently refurbishing the Radbourne Unit, on the Royal Derby Hospital, site to create two 17 bedded acute wards for adults of working age, as part of the Making Room for Dignity programme.
- All rooms with be single and en-suite, improving privacy and dignity and bringing our inpatient provision in line with national requirements.
- The refurbishment will be equipped with modern facilities and additional resources (for example a shared therapy suite incorporating ADL kitchen, indoor fitness room, online library resource room and arts room).
- It is intended, following feedback from service users and staff, that therapy-based tools shall be increased to aid recovery. The refurbishments allow for this to a greater extent than the unit.
- There is evidence to suggest that single room accommodation and an eradication of dormitory style facilities can reduce the length of stay in a hospital setting.
- Single room settings will allow for an improvement to individual patient care. Patient preferences can be considered to a greater degree.
- Single rooms will allow for better infection control and reduction in the risk of incidents involving patients or staff.
PLEASE NOTE: Patients that were on Ward 33 and Ward 35 prior to 29 May 2025 have now moved to the Carsington Unit at Kingsway Hospital, Derby.
About the Radbourne Unit
Based on the Royal Derby Hospital site, the Radbourne Unit is one of the Trust’s inpatient service for Derby and South Derbyshire residents with acute mental health needs. The Radbourne Unit consists of two male, adult acute inpatient wards called Ward 35 and Ward 36, an electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) team, occupational therapy services and the crisis resolution and home treatment services. A Hope and Resilience Hub, embracing the principles of recovery in mental health care, opened in February 2015.
The Beeches Mother and Baby Unit is also based on this site, providing care and treatment for women who are at risk of or experiencing serious mental illness either antenatally or postnatally.
Visiting times
Weekdays- 2:30pm-4:30pm and 6:30pm-8:30pm
Weekends- 10am-12, 2:30pm-4:30pm and 6:30pm-8:30pm
Contact
Radbourne Unit
Royal Derby Hospital Site
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3WQ
Telephone: 01332 623700
