Tynwald to vote on £7.2 million mental health unit

Grianagh Court is operating at maximum capacity, and has done for several years.

 

Minister for Health and Social Care Howard Quayle says it's time for change:

 

 

Government spends over £1 million each year - paying for patients to travel to and from the UK for treatment. 

 

To remedy it - proposals are being put forward for the new acute adult psychiatric inpatient unit - which would be housed on the Noble's Hospital campus site. 

 

Howard Quayle insists that it's the only way to future-proof the provision, and ensure taxpayers are getting value for money: