2018
The Ramsay Way
Ramsay Opens New Era for Mental Health Care in Sydney
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RAMSAY OPENS NEW ERA
FOR MENTAL HEALTH
CARE IN SYDNEY
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JOONDALUP OPENS
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FIRST ROBOTIC
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CHRIS WENT ANNOUNCED
AS 2018 CHIEF EXECUTIVE
WOMEN SCHOLAR
WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S
FIRST BINGE EATING
PROGRAM
WA SISTERS SWIM FOR
REHABILITATION CHARITY
HEAD OF NEUROSURGERY
RECEIVES ORDER OF
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The first patients have been
admitted to Ramsay’s new St
Leonards Clinic, the latest edition
to Sydney’s The Northside Group of
mental health hospitals.
The Northside Group St Leonards
Clinic, opened on 24 February, is a
purpose-built mental health facility with
112 single rooms, day services and on
site consulting suites, replacing The
Northside Clinic in Greenwich, which was
the second hospital to open under Paul
Ramsay in 1973.
The Northside Group CEO Anne Mortimer
said patients admitted to the facility would
experience a new level of private mental
healthcare with spacious single rooms,
modern indoor and outdoor dining, large
outdoor therapy spaces and private
parkland, wellness areas and a dedicated
art therapy room as well as massage
rooms and a gymnasium staffed with
inhouse personal trainers.
“With the growing incidence and burden
of mental illness in the community, it was
very important for us to build a modern
facility that provides innovative and
holistic treatment, catering for the specific
needs of people suffering from mental
health disorders but also those in the
community who are committed to their
mental health and wellness,” Anne said.
“This state-of-the-art facility embodies the
latest thinking in program delivery, therapy
and nutrition and supports an approach to
mental health by offering a well-rounded
program addressing medical, psychological
and counselling, psychosocial, recreational,
physical and diversional interventions.
“The hospital offers outstanding
educational facilities for the training
and education of doctors, nurses and
psychologists,” she said.
The new multistorey facility will also be
available to the wider community by
offering a number of critical and unique
mental health programs for those who
are committed to maintaining their
mental health.
The community-based classes, will
include topics such as ‘Mindfulness
Skills’, ‘Resilience Training’ and ‘Art of
Acceptance’. These are due to commence
in June 2018 and are designed for
individuals who are interested in
improving their sense of wellbeing and
are striving to live more consciously.
“Shifting the world’s attitude on mental
health will not happen overnight, however
launching a clinic that does not hide away
from the community, but actively invites
them in, is a step in the right direction,”
Anne said.
The Northside Group has also launched
its Four Pillars of Health and Recovery
that truly focuses on the combination
of psychological, physical, social and
nutritional health of patients.
The Northside Group St Leonard’s Clinic
offers high quality specialist clinical care
in mood and anxiety disorders, drug
and alcohol dependence, postnatal
depression, eating disorders, posttraumatic
stress disorder and general
mental health disorders.