Mary Reid

Jasmines Ward at Tolworth Hospital offers a very specialised service to five local boroughs. It gives in-patient assessment and therapy to people with significant learning difficulties who are also suffering from mental health problems. People with learning difficulties have the right to access the same acute admission wards as everyone else, but in some cases they are too vulnerable or have communications problems, and this is where Jasmines Ward comes in.

The ward has just moved here from Sutton. The project to convert a redundant ward at Tolworth to provide this very specific work was completed in just a few months. And it is a lovely setting, with homely lounges, comfortable bedrooms, games facilities, and several therapy rooms.

Here I am cutting the ribbon with Peter Houghton, Chief Executive of South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust.