Long-term deprivation of liberty
Facilities visited
151. Over the year, we visited the Puerto Real University Hospital in Cádiz, to
specifically include the Mental Health Hospitalisation Unit and the Therapeutic
Mental Health Association, the Balcó de la Safor Therapeutic Centre in
Valencia and the Mental Health Hospitalisation Unit of Virgen de la Montaña
Hospital in Cáceres.
Visit to the Balcó
de la Safor
Therapeutic
Centre
(Valencia)
The Balcó de la Safor Therapeutic Centre is under private management,
although it has semi-public capacity (95 of the 99 beds available), belonging
to the company «Red Valenciana de Salud Mental»; it provides
comprehensive assistance to the mentally ill. The visiting team was
accompanied by two technicians belonging to the Síndic de Greuges
[Ombudsman] of the Regional Government of Valencia.
Puerto Real
University
Hospital (Cádiz)
During our visit to the Puerto Real University Hospital (both to the
Therapeutic Association and to the Mental Health Hospitalisation Unit), the
inspection team was also accompanied by technicians belonging to the
Autonomous Commissioner (Andalusian Ombudsman). The Therapeutic
Association [Comunidad Terapéutica] is a residential facility providing
specialised assistance for serious mental disorders, ascribed to the Puerto
Real University Hospital and part of the Mental Health network, covering the
hospital areas of Puerto Real, Puerta del Mar and Punta Europa (Algeciras).
The Hospital’s Mental Health Hospitalisation Unit, as part of the Andalusian
Healthcare Service, provides short-term treatment to patients with acute
mental health illnesses.
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