Ivetsey Bank Hospital Ivetsey Bank, Wheaton Aston, Stafford ST19 9QT

"THIS dump is the infamous 'Huntercombe Stafford', one of the notorious Huntercombe 'hospitals' that was in the news a few years ago. All except two are closed now. Children are traumatised for life in these child prisons, and quite frankly everyone working in them should be arrested and questioned regarding the abuse and neglect that takes place under their watch. CCTV should be used - with sound - to protect children in the 'care' of these places. And yet despite all the evil within, here they still are, ruining lives in 2023 and hiding behind a new name! Shameful."

"Utter s##t place came out with more problems, a foul temper and felt like I was punished for struggling. The staff used unlawful heavy restraints which made me angry, self harm and retaliate in a nasty way by feeling guilty for being unwell."

"Some of the staff were amazing but that was rare I was left on my own for a long time before them coming in and I had too much medication which led me to have no energy and sleep all the time, some of the patients were struggling but didn't get the help they deserved, I was discharged and clearly still needed help but got discharged anyway, some staff would argue at you for having an incident"

"I pity anybody who winds up stuck in this corner of hell. This place does not know how to treat any mental illness, especially OCD, which I was admitted for. This place doesn’t treat you as a person, but as a number, as long as they can check each box on their check book, they couldn’t give two craps about you. This place is depressing, dark and dirty. I an OCD patient, contracted head lice here, head lice! For an OCD patient, causing me monumental distress, that they couldn’t care less about. Though some of the staff are lovely, a shocking amount of them lacked the basic common sense one would expect of a three year old. This place needs shutting down"

"This hospital is brilliant. Every part of it was amazing to me. I'm proud to have spent the time I did there at probably one of the most pivotal times of my life. It's really lovely to have had so many people care about me for so long. I've come a long way, and I definitely have this place and the staff here to thank for a lot of that. The amount of support I received for every aspect of my struggling was phenomenal. There is a lot of effort put in to the smallest needs of patients. They even try their best to keep the peer dynamics positive, and to provide resources and facilities so that everyone can spend their time doing things that they love. I couldn't be more appreciative for the effort that everybody put in. All I can say is thank you for helping me so much during this difficult period in my life, and preparing me for difficulties in the future. You all deserve much more thanks than you get. Thank you :)."