Services
Greyfriars Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
Greyfriars Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a brand new, purpose-built unit based at Wotton Lawn Hospital.
Service users are admitted to Greyfriars when a higher risk of harm to self or to others has been identified at the assessment stage.
Staff from Greyfriars have been at the forefront of developing national standards within Psychiatric Intensive Care Units through active participation within the National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (NAPICU).
Greyfriars is committed to the delivery of high quality care and to continue developing practice standards to improve the recovery of people with mental health problems. The multi-disciplinary team are greatly assisted by the new environment.
Unit manager – Holly Fear
Ward Manager – Alice Bayntun
Telephone – 0300 421 4728
Telephone – 0300 421 4729
Professionals outside of Gloucestershire can make a referral via: PICU.Referrals@ghc.nhs.uk
Visitor information
Visiting times are between 9am and 9.30pm, every day
Please note: Visitors under 18 years of age are not permitted on the unit.
We ask all visitors to:
- Book your visit through the nursing office (using the telephone numbers provided above).
- Avoid visiting during mealtimes, handover times, and when therapies and activities are taking place.
- Plan your visit around the treatment programme of the person you are visiting to avoid disruption.