Ancora House opened in September 2016 as a brand new purpose built hospital designed by young people.
Ancora House is a specialist inpatient unit for young people who are having difficulties with their thoughts, feelings or behaviour and need a short stay in hospital.
Their staff team consists of psychiatrists, doctors, nurses and support workers, participation workers, clinical psychologists, family therapists and occupational therapists.
The framework helped us to reflect on current practices and change the way we work with the young people.
The process was excellent, well-supported by the National Autistic Society staff and easy to follow and understand. Our consultant was fantastic throughout, and what really helped was the consistency when we embarked on the journey for the second time. We had the same consultant, who was able to review developments made in the three years since the first journey.
