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Media Releases

State Hospital and University Shortlisted for Prestigious Nursing Times Award (2024) (PDF)

Four Decades of Hard Work and High Tea with the Royals (2023) PDF

State Hospital Team Shortlisted for National Award (2023) (PDF)

The State Hospital Cuts Carbon and Costs by Switching from Oil to LPG (2021) (PDF)

Best Kept Secret in NHSScotland Crown is Winning Global Attention in Treating Most Challenging Patients in the World (2021) (PDF)

Peace and Safety Landing Zone: State Hospital, Carstairs.  You Can’t Argue with Nature! (2021) (PDF)

State Hospital Wins Psychiatric Quality Improvement Team of the Year Award (2020) (PDF)

BBC Documentary

15/08/2022 – 8pm on BBC1 “Locked in the Hospital” Disclosure (Series 5) – Reporter Lucy Adams investigates why four young men have been locked in secure hospitals for years.  As this features the State Hospital we would like to make clear: “No-one has been admitted to the State Hospital because they have autism or a learning disability.  No-one in the State Hospital only has a diagnosis of autism. People have multiple needs and the other issues are usually what will have brought somebody into the State Hospital.” 

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Media Statements

Redress Scheme (2023) (PDF)

NHS Scotland Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) Survey Programme (2023) (PDF)