| Central Mental Hospital | |
|---|---|
| National Forensic Mental Health Service | |
  Shown in Co. Dublin | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Portrane,Fingal,Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°28′48″N6°07′19″W / 53.48°N 6.122°W /53.48; -6.122 |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| Type | Specialist |
| Religious affiliation | Non-denominational |
| Services | |
| Beds | 84 |
| Speciality | Securepsychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1850 (old facility) 2020 (new facility) |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.hse.ie/eng/national-forensic-mental-health-service-portrane/ |
TheCentral Mental Hospital (Irish:An Príomh-Oispidéal Meabhar-Ghalar) is a mental health facility housingforensic patients inPortrane, Dublin,Ireland. The hospital, along with a community day centre for outpatients atUsher's Island, forms part of the National Forensic Mental Health Service.
The hospital originally opened as the Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum for Ireland atDundrum in Dublin in 1850. This was an early move of an initiative throughout theUnited Kingdom and its colonies which included the building ofBroadmoor Hospital in England.[1] The site was originally chosen to be soothing to mental health patients and was intentionally not linked to any particular prison service to maintain the distinction between criminality and illness.[2]
TheHealth Service Executive (HSE) announced in February 2012 that the hospital would relocate to the former site of the oldSt. Ita's Hospital inPortrane in the north ofCounty Dublin.[3] The construction works were undertaken by Rhatigan OHL at a cost of €140 million.[4] The new facility opened in November 2022.[5]
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