Crystal Ward (Newham)

We are a 12-bedded adult Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for service users requiring a higher level of nursing intervention in a more secure environment. For male service users only, the service offers:

• 24 hour, 365 days a year services
• A higher ratio of staff to patients to provide tailored care  
• Active involvement of the patient, family and carers
• Choice and autonomy, where possible
• Intensive assessment, intervention and support    
• Recovery planning with patient-focussed outcomes
• Sensitive approach to ethnic and cultural issues
• Share learning from the crisis
• Time-limited treatments that are responsive to patient’s needs
• To provide practical support and assistance with problems of daily living.

The ward has a multi-disciplinary team including mental health nurses, clinical support workers, clinical psychologists, a consultant psychiatrist and medical staff. They work in partnership with the outpatients team, care co-ordinators, social workers and GPs to support the patient through their inpatient stay.