St. Michael's Hospital, Warwick
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St. Michael's Hospital is a National Health Service
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...

 psychiatric hospital situated in Warwick
Warwick
Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...

, Warwickshire, England. It was founded in 1995, largely to replace the outdated Central Hospital
Central Hospital, Hatton
Central Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in Hatton, Warwickshire, England. Building began in 1846 on a site purchased from the Earl of Warwick and was completed in 1852, the first patients moving in on 30 June. It was originally named the Warwick County Lunatic Asylum and from 1930-1948...

 in the nearby village of Hatton
Hatton, Warwickshire
Hatton is a village and civil parish about north of Warwick, in the Warwick District of Warwickshire in England. It has a population of 1,078...

. The hospital was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 8 November 1996. The wards on the hospital are named after trees, i.e. Ferndale, Larches, Willowvale and Hazelwood and there is a day centre called Cedarwood.

There is also a caged outdoor basketball
Basketball
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netball
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tennis
Tennis
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 area for the use of patients, taking up what was car parking space. The café
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 is run by the Women's Royal Voluntary Service.
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