First phase complete on £25m mental health unit

Liverpool city dignitaries and health leaders have officially "topped out" Mersey Care NHS Trust's new £25million mental health unit, Clock View. The new centre is being built on the site of the former Walton Hospital and the "topping out" ceremony marked the completion of the main exterior works and roof of the new hospital.

Clock View will provide short-term inpatient care for local people in modern, therapeutic environments. It will treat adults with a range of common mental illnesses including depression and anxiety, as well as provide the city’s only psychiatric intensive care unit for people who need more intensive short-term treatment and assessment.

The hospital is a revolution in the design of a mental health facility. Unlike older units using traditional buildings, the purpose built centre will feature 80 single rooms with en-suite bathrooms, constructed to maximise natural light, with safe inner garden courtyards, activity and therapeutic areas.  

Mersey Care is working with Liverpool Sefton Health Partnership Limited (LSHP) who are co-ordinating the construction of the project. LSHP delivers the government’s LIFT programme across Liverpool and Sefton.