Residents rally against mental health unit
14 October 2008
 Residents in three Hampshire villages have got together to fight plans for a new mental health unit in the county, it has been reported. Beagle Healthcare, has proposed turning the Upland Park Hotel in Droxford into a centre for people sectioned under the Mental Health Act, according to the Southern Daily Echo.More than 130 people from the surrounding area opposed the plan at a public meeting.They raised concerns that the facility was unnecessary and that Beagle Healthcare has no previous experience in the field of mental health.Professor Alan Hibbert, chairman of Droxford parish council, told the news provider: "They are concerned about low security and the kind of potential inhabitants that could include sex offenders, paedophiles and schizophrenics," he added.Dr Oliver Sargent, of Beagle Healthcare, said the facility addresses a lack of beds for mental health patients in Hampshire.Meanwhile, a recent study by the East Community Mental Health Team in Newcastle upon Tyne showed there was a 20 per cent increase in the number of compulsory mental health admissions to NHS hospitals between 1996 and 2006. © 2008 Adfero Ltd. All rights reserved. Any views and opinions expressed in news articles are not those of Craegmoor Limited and its associated companies. News supplied by Adfero DirectNews.
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