St. Ann's Hospital
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St. Ann's Hospital is a hospital
Hospital
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 located opposite Chestnuts Park
Chestnuts park
Chestnuts Park is a park in the St. Ann's neighbourhood of the London Borough of Haringey.It is in size and is located on St. Ann's Road and Black Boy Lane, close to St...

, on the border of West Green
West Green
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 & Harringay
Harringay
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 in Haringey
London Borough of Haringey
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, north London
London
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.

The hospital has until recently been largely a mental health care facility
Psychiatric hospital
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, however, it now also provides outpatient services, which include MRI and ophthalmological
Ophthalmology
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 services.

It is also houses the headquarters for the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS
National Health Service
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 Trust
NHS Trust
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and the Haringey NHS PCT
NHS Primary Care Trust
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.

The Hospital has a sizeable Mental Health Unit, consisting of an acute assessment ward (Haringey ward; short stay unit (Finsbury ward); Eating Disorders Unit (Phoenix ward); and the Home Treatment Unit (Bruce Caste Unit).

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