Lanchester Road Hospital
Lanchester Road Hospital is a mental health facility located in County Durham, England, and lies on a large site just north west of Durham city. It is managed by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation NHS Trust. History. The hospital has its origins in "Earl's House Industrial School", which was opened as a vocational residential school by the magistrates of County Durham in 1885 on the former site of Earl's House Farm. The school was declared unfit for purpose in the 1920s and, in 1928, Earl's House Sanatorium was established on the site . The hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2008. It was announced that the new facility, named Lanchester Road Hospital, would provide adult mental health and learning disability services in "a safe, homely and therapeutic environment." The new facility, built at a cost of £17.9 million, opened in 2010. Services. There are seven wards at Lancaster Road Hospital: (i) Bek - learning disability (adults) assessment, treatment and rehabilitation services (ii) Farnham - adult inpatient services, male (iii) Harland - low secure forensic long term treatment ward for male adults with a learning disability (iv) Langley - low secure forensic rehabilitation  ward for male adults with a learning disability (v) Ramsey - learning disability (adults) assessment, treatment and rehabilitation services (vi) Roseberry, Bowes Lyon Unit - older people's assessment and treatment inpatient services and (vii) Tunstall - adult inpatient services, female. Appleton House is the home of the North of England Commissioning Support Unit and provides faith and chaplaincy services as well as pharmacy services.