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Pippin Ward – Specialist PICU for Women

Gender: Female

Age: 18+

Beds: 10

Pippin Ward is our 10 bed female PICU at Cygnet Appletree for emergency and crisis admissions. The service accepts referrals from all areas, including acute and prison services.

Our aim is a short, rapid intervention to help service users regain a sense of control and order in their lives, so they can move to a less restrictive care setting and ultimately return home.

The service provides expert, intensive, short-term, individualised care for those detained under the Mental Health Act. Individuals will present with increased risks that require them to be assessed and treated in a PICU environment.

All the staff on Pippin ward genuinely care so much. Thank you will never be enough to
express how grateful I am for this incredible team. It’s time for the next chapter but it wouldn’t have been possible without all of you. former service user

Our team work closely and collaboratively with service users, their families and the referrer to provide a seamless pathway from referral to discharge. Our approach is recovery focused and supported by a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team, contributing to shorter lengths of stay.

Our service user profile:

  • Women, aged 18+
  • Detained under the Mental Health Act
  • Experiencing difficulties that present a risk to the well-being of themselves or others that cannot be treated in an open environment
  • Diagnoses may include:
    • Acute mental illness
    • Acute depressive illness
    • Psychosis
    • Schizophrenia
    • Bi-polar disorder
    • Personality disorder
    • Dual diagnosis
  • May present with co-morbid presentations:
    • Self-harm
    • Substance misuse issues
    • Complex needs
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