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AWP: Consultation on changes to Places of Safety – Wiltshire and Swindon

AWP need to change the way they deliver services to people who are taken to their Places of Safety under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 2007. The proposed change affects Places of Safety in Wiltshire and Swindon.

AWP’s existing Places of Safety at Fountain Way Hospital in Salisbury, Green Lane Hospital in Devizes and Sandalwood Court in Swindon, which provide a total of three suites (one place in each), have been assessed as inadequate in terms of environment and staffing.

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