Junction 17

Today we officially opened our new adolescent unit at the hospital, Junction 17.
Culmination of many peoples hard work and a cost of £9 million but we finally opened this state of the art facility with sports halls and art studios and full college status facilities to support our youngsters who have some very serious mental health issues. The design is contemporary with light airy spaces and colour ......allowing us to demolish the prefabs that had walled up asbestos and damp flat rooves! This was taken very early this morning as I knew I wouldn't have time when the crowds arrived. Lots of ex patients and their families had a great day....with Dame Kelly Holmes turning the Xmas lights on the tree to finish a great celebratory afternoon. That was nearly my blip, but I have looked at so many variations of drawings and plans and been around the insides of this with hard hat and hard boots and worked hard to get the cash in the right place, that I liked the calmness of this one before the day began and felt very proud of it.