Storthes Hall Remembered (2003) by Ann Littlewood

Storthes Hall Remembered was written by Ann Littlewood, and published in 2003 by the University of Huddersfield.

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• paperback
• 136 pages
• ISBN 9781862180468

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Contents

• Chapter 1: The Early History of Mental Illness (page 7)
• Chapter 2: Storthes Hall, the de Storths and the Horsfalls (page 12)
• Chapter 3: The Hospital and its Buildings (page 15)
• Chapter 4: Patients (page 29)
• Chapter 5: Treatments and Therapy (page 50)
• Chapter 6: Work and Recreation (page 57)
• Chapter 7: Medical and Nursing Staff (page 79)
• Chapter 8: Working Conditions (page 93)
• Chapter 9: Mental Nurse Training (page 112)
• Appendix 1: Drugs (page 120)
• Appendix 2: Acts of Parliament (page 122)
• Appendix 3: Poems (page 125)

Author Biography

Ann Littlewood started working at Storthes Hall Hospital in 1968, initially as a part-time Nursing Assistant. In 1976, she commenced the three year training course as a Student Nurse and gained the Registered Mental Nurse qualification in 1979. Between 1980 and 1981, she was seconded to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as a post-graduate student and achieved the State Registered Nurse qualification.

In June 1981 she returned to Storthes Hall to manage shift 2 on Ward 10. In 1984 she moved to St. Luke's Hospital with a group of nurses to set up a ward for dementia assessment. Following this, she was promoted to Nursing Officer, initially in charge of a medical unit for the elderly, also at St. Luke's, and later as manager of the psycho geriatric unit which included the dementia assessment ward.

In 1989, she became the Directorate Nurse Manager for the Mental Health Directorate and finally, the Senior Nurse for Mental Health, retiring from this post in 1999.