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Callington Road Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Bristol, England. Opened in 2006, it primarily replaced Barrow Hospital, providing psychiatric inpatient and community services for Bristol and the surrounding region. It is run by the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.A Care Quality Commission inspection in 2014 found most standards were met however standards for record keeping and risk management were not met. This followed police concerns over the number of patients absconding while on leave from the hospital.HistoryConstructionIn the early 2000s, a replacement was required for Barrow Hospital, which was built in 1939. By 2002, a site was chosen for the new hospital; surplus council allotments on Callington Road, Brislington; adjacent to the former Brislington Railway Station. Avon and Wiltshire Partnership faced opposition from a local community group who felt the site was too close to a school, and mental health charity MIND who felt the area was too noisy, however in 2003 Bristol City Council sold the former allotments and construction began. A condition of planning approval was that funds be provided to develop neighbouring land into a nature reserve, which was opened in 2009. Callington Road Hospital was completed and opened in 2006.

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