The service provides a highly bespoke package of care for each patient that is designed to meet their specific clinical needs, in an apartment-based environment. Crossley Place has ten beds, arranged across two wards that provide individual flats linked by communal areas and gardens. Each flat is designed to allow direct access to fresh air spaces.

What we do

The model of care:

• Is patient-centred
• Is multi-disciplinary and multi-professional
• Promotes safety and wellbeing
• Is inclusive of all and especially sensitive to issues related to gender, sexuality and race
• Is trauma-informed
• Is strengths-based
• Is determined by an evidence base
• Is based on a detailed and collaborative formulation
• Offers a wide range of psychological interventions to meet identified treatment needs
• Promotes the recovery of each patient at a pace suitable for them
• Supports responsibility and autonomy to develop their independence
• Promotes inclusion of family and carers as part of the decision-making for care and formulation.

The model of care provides a sequential and structured approach to management; assessment, formulation, treatment and therapy, rehabilitation or habilitation.

The support we offer

The apartment-based model is an innovative departure from the traditional ward-based approach. It allows the delivery of highly individualised care which places the patient at the heart of all we do, and has a positive influence on care and treatment and the culture of the unit. Each person has their own apartment, with access to communal areas, outdoor space, shared living environments and therapy space. The apartments are spacious and homely, and patients can adapt them to their own tastes and needs. Patients have a high level of control over the levels of stimulation and social complexity of their environment and are encouraged to make individual choices about their lives and care, in an environment that manages risk positively with the least restrictive approach.

The service has a dedicated psychology team and a whole range of therapeutic approaches are available.

These include: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills training, and trauma-sensitive approaches, including complex trauma. Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) and schema therapy are available and trauma-informed care is embedded in the service. Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is provided to support and manage risks, collaboratively with the patient and is informed by RAID® principles. Other therapies include – art therapy, mental health awareness, relapse prevention, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for psychosis/depression and substance use.

Who we support

Crossley Place supports women:

• Age 18 years and over
• Have severe and enduring mental disorder – usually with complex co-morbidity
• Require inpatient treatment, rehabilitation or habilitation at a pace that suits their needs
• Are detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) or equivalent legislation
• Have complex clinical needs that require high levels of Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) management
• Require intensive support to maintain their wellbeing and safety – and may require continuous supportive observations
• Do not require high levels of relational and procedural security and do not require secure care
• Who are likely to benefit from treatment and rehabilitation

Transgender patients are considered on a case-by-case basis.

For further information or to discuss a potential referral, please dial our 24-hour referral line on 0800 218 2398. Alternatively, you can email referrals@elysiumhealthcare.co.uk or elys.referrals@nhs.net