As Bloxwich Hospital closes for good, services are moved to Dorothy Pattinson Hospital in Walsall.
A new state-of-the art £24.3m mental health unit for older adults is set to open in a West Midlands town.
The opening marks the end of an era for Bloxwich Hospital, which shut its doors for the last time on Wednesday as its patients were transferred to the new site. "It's very sad because we are leaving all of those memories behind but we're going to bring those to the new-build and it will be a new start for us," she said.
Described as no longer fit for purpose by health bosses, 25 patients have been moved out of Bloxwich Hospital and taken to the new site.The new unit include private en suite rooms, a communal garden, a dedicated assisted bathroom and purpose-built end-of-life care facilities.
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