Scott Clinic was a medium secure psychiatric unit located on the outskirts of

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, England. It originated from and operated on the site of the former

Rainhill Hospital Rainhill Hospital was a very large psychiatric hospital complex that was located in Rainhill, formerly Lancashire but now Merseyside, England. History The facility was designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes and opened as the Third Lancashire County L ...

. The unit was named after the late Dr. Peter Scott and provided facilities for up to 50 patients across 5 wards. Ivy and Hawthorn were the male admission wards, with Myrtle being the male assertive rehabilitation/neurocognitive ward. Olive ward was pre-discharge and Poplar ward was the female ward.

Notable patients

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- After stabbing former

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member

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multiple times. Abram was released on 4 July 2002.

References

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