Serenity Path Hospital (formerly Leigh House Hospital) - Winchester

Serenity Path Hospital (formerly Leigh House Hospital)

Location

Located at Alresford Rd, Winchester SO21 1HD, United Kingdom, Serenity Path Hospital, formerly known as Leigh House Hospital, is a psychiatric hospital that has been serving the community for many years.

Contact Information

For inquiries and appointments, you can reach them by phone at 2382310100 or visit their website at southernhealth.nhs.uk.

Specialties and Services

Serenity Path Hospital specializes in providing psychiatric care and hospital services. The hospital is equipped with wheelchair accessible entrances, parking lots, and restrooms, ensuring accessibility for all patients and visitors.

Other Points of Interest

• Wheelchair accessible entrance
• Wheelchair accessible parking lot
• Wheelchair accessible restroom
• Restroom

Reviews and Opinions

Serenity Path Hospital has received 27 reviews on Google My Business, with an average rating of 2.2/5. Some reviewers mention that the hospital is well-intentioned but struggles to provide adequate support when staff are on leave. There is a recognition that the National Health Service (NHS) still faces challenges in effectively treating mental health issues.

Despite these challenges, Serenity Path Hospital continues to provide psychiatric care to the community. It is essential for potential patients and their families to carefully review the available information and consider their options before making a decision.

Final Recommendation

For anyone seeking psychiatric care or information about the hospital's services, we highly recommend visiting their website at southernhealth.nhs.uk to learn more about their specialties, location, and contact information. Don't hesitate to reach out to Serenity Path Hospital for any inquiries or to schedule an appointment.

👍 Reviews of Serenity Path Hospital (formerly Leigh House Hospital)

Chas B.

3/5

Well intentioned but ultimately of little help. When their staff are on leave there is no expert cover and patients left with little support. Sadly NHS stull struggle to know how to treat mental health issues

L H.

1/5

This place left me in therapy for 8 years and tore every part of myself to shreds. I was misdiagnosed and treated wrongly for three months. In this time I was threatened with force feeding, left alone and verbally abused. I left worse than I went in and absolutely terrified of food. At 12 years old I saw horrific things to which I have spent years contemplating legal action. I was forced fed enormous amounts of food (more than my parents could eat) and subsequently would throw up 4 times a day. I spent 10 hours a day for three months at the table, because they misdiagnosed me. This meant no education or therapy. They gave me medication to which I still have no idea what it was and did not do most of the stuff in my care plan. My family were left broken and I have since spent 8 years in therapy. After 8 years I got the correct diagnosis and treatment and I am finally at a place where I can discuss. I have been so hurt and angry over the years especially knowing nothing will ever happen to the nurses who did this. I won’t ever forget even if they do. So if you are a nurse from summer 2016, I want to let you know that I don’t forgive you, but I do wish you have learnt compassion and respect.

Megan H.

1/5

I’m a family member of an ex-patient and also had a few friends admitted here. This place needs to be shut down! I understand that patients aren’t necessarily going to enjoy their time there but the stories I’ve heard about how the staff have treated them, and also how the staff personally treated my family is horrifying. Especially the PEG program which my family member, who was misdiagnosed, was put on. She left in a worse condition and had to leave due to no improvement and it took her years to recover from her experience. Most of the staff are healthcare workers and not actually registered nurses so I’ve heard they don’t know how to properly deal with the patients. This place seriously needs to be reviewed. Protect our kids!

Tallulah D.

4/5

I was there last year for 6 months, The staff were so incredibly kind and the agency staff were there so often that it was almost like they were permanent which was good. They always listened to my feedback, my situation was difficult and the staff were so sweet about it and was always there to listen to me rant about it. There were a few instanstaces with the social care side with communication but other than that I can't complain.

Alison S.

5/5

Leigh House saved my daughters life❤️, She had a six months stay, two of which were in a wheelchair, while battling with anorexia. They put her onto the early stages of recovery, learning to feed and teaching me how to make and follow a feeding chart at home. It was an extremely difficult time but we put our trust in their system. The amazing staff work hard on the eating disorder unit and for that I am extremely grateful. It's now two and a half years since she was discharged from Leigh House and she has traveled a long way since in her recovery. Today I am driving four hours away from home to take her to university, a journey we would not be on, if she had not gone into Leigh House, where they saved her life❤️💚💛💜💙

molly B.

1/5

Nearly starved to death here been bruised by staff , staff don’t care they shut down for a year in 2023 while I was there but they kept me there while it was shut there was nor chef and staff were neglectful and abusive and they didn’t even carry out a cqc inspection while I was here in 2023 im still here now and there opening soon I am traumatised by this place they caused my whole eating disorder in 2021 when I stayed here the first time and have been in hospital since but they keep sending me back to the place that caused it and they keep repeating the same “treatment” that never works for me and just makes things worse sorry did I say treatment I meant torture haha if you complain staff nurses matron doctor they your a liar nothing gets listen to or followed up nothing gets taken seriously I’ve had flashbacks when I was discharged from here for two months after spending 8 months here but after 2 months of being at home the trauma from this place and this place didn’t help my Ed one built I relapse but they just sent me back here for the same “treatment that doesn’t work again” sorry I meant “torture”

catherine B.

1/5

I was placed in Leigh House in 1966 when it was in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire. I was 13 and was in for school phobia. On being admitted my suitcase was thoroughly searched by a member of staff as though they expected to find weapons or drugs. I was then given a bath as if I was incapable of washing myself, and inspected from head to toe in the process. I was so embarrassed. It was like being in prison. I was forced to take large doses of Largactyle even though I wasn't unruly or disruptive, and was frequently subjected to physical restraint if I didn't comply instantly. I was there for 18 months and I still have emotional scars from that time and the bad treatment I received.

babydollrose 8.

1/5

Was there for two weeks after being transferred from another unit so I was closer to home to get help for my substance abuse issues ended up getting told multiple times in my first week there that “this isn’t a rehab or a detox Center” which just made me feel even worse. Only a few staff members there actually generally cared but not a lot. Got told I wasn’t allowed a KitKat because I wasn’t there for an eating disorder even though I’m underweight. I pretty much didn’t even properly for the two weeks I was there I probably only had about 2-4 full meals when I was there. The cooks were really nice and would make me Sandwiches instead of the meal of the day because they knew I struggled with eating. I still couldn’t eat properly and would have about 3-5 bites of the Sandwiches and bin it afterwards and only the cooks noticed. The only time staff really ever noticed is because I didn’t eat for two days so my pulse was really high. They wanted to give me home leave after just two days of being there and would constantly bug me about going out and spending time with my family. They wanted to give me home leave where I wasn’t allowed to leave my house and only spend time with my parents which both me and my parents said multiple times that never happens at home so why should I do that when I’m on leave if it’s not going to be like that when I get discharged because it generally wouldn’t. I got told off so many times for wearing shorts and fishnet tights and they would over react and say that I “can’t wear short short shorts on the ward because it’s inappropriate” I asked if it was because I have self harm scars and because I’m physically small they said no it’s just inappropriate. I wasn’t allowed to go to over to my ECS group unless I changed out of my shorts so I just didn’t go. I would get told of for wearing a crop top that shows less than an inch of my stomach because it could trigger the girls that are there for eating disorders. I honestly didn’t feel safe there whatsoever I could never be myself without getting told off. I got told off for being sarcastic, I had one of the night staff nurses at one point try to make me feel guilty for the fact that she gave me an extra half hour to watch a movie and she still try to make me feel bad for not wanting to take my night time meditation straight away. If you did do what some of the staff said straight away they’d put in the notes for the other staff that you and the other young people there were being disrespectful and rude even when we weren’t. Every time I questioned something that I didn’t feel was right some of the staff would go “That’s the rules of Leigh House and you have to follow them” even if the rules were completely unjustified and straight up morally wrong they’d just tell the other staff you were being disrespectful and again you’d get told off. I could never do anything right. I felt like I was being sexualised constantly for wearing stuff that barley showed any skin and I honestly felt like I was one of the young people they cared about least. On top of that the way they attempt to help people with eating disorders there is horrific. I was never there for an eating disorder but I was still given a booklet when I got there about the rules they have for them there. For example ; How everybody that was on the table for eating disorders (Postive Eating Program/PEG) had to wait until everyone was at the table so they could all eat together and how they have a time limit of how long they have to eat their meals when they are given food three times the size of all the other patience’s that weren’t on PEG so if they were waiting 25 minutes for somebody to go to the table they’d have to be staring at their food for 25 minutes and then only have five minutes to eat all of it. They’re only allowed a small cup full of water/juice etc... and if they were still thirsty then they’d only be allowed half a small cup of water. This place is honestly horrific and NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN