Beechwood Unit

Beechwood Unit is a specialist dementia intensive care unit designed specifically to care for people with dementia to meet their clinical needs.

The Beechwood Unit will re-open for admissions in April 2024.

Beechwood Unit is for people with dementia who are expressing their distress in a way that makes it difficult to support them in their usual environment. We provide immediate and expert assessment, treatment, and support in a safe environment.

Referrals for admission to our wards are made via clinicians in our specialist community or hospital liaison services.

We are committed to getting to know you and your loved ones so that we can help you feel comfortable at your time of need. If we understand who and what is important to you, your background, likes and dislikes, the help that you need to stay safe and well and how you express such things as happiness, sadness, pain, and discomfort, then we can make sure the care we provide is right for you.

The first few days and weeks of your stay will involve a number of different assessments and discussions with doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, and psychologists. We will use all of this information to work with you and/or your loved ones to create your personal support plan, which you will have a copy of. We aim to work closely with you, and your loved ones from day one and will ensure that we keep your stay with us as short as possible.

Beechwood Unit is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

If you wish to visit, please call the unit to arrange a date and time. We ask that visitors avoid visiting during main mealtimes.

When visiting the unit, a surgical mask should be worn to comply with current Covid-19 guidelines. 

Free onsite parking is available, and there is a bus stop at the entrance to Uckfield Hospital.

We are a multi-disciplinary team, which may include a consultant doctor, ward doctor, matron, ward manager, nurses, psychological professionals, occupational and drama therapists, physician associate, health care assistant, discharge co-ordinator, and administrators.

Alzheimer's Society

Tel: 0333 150 3456
www.alzheimers.org.uk


Dementia UK

Tel: 0800 888 6678
www.dementiauk.org


Carers UK

www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/get-support

How to get here

By bus

Bus services 231 (Compass Travel), 318 and 331 (Seaford and District) stop at the entrance to the hospital on Framfield Road.

Community bus services 248 and 249 run by CTLA stop inside the hospital grounds and offer a limited service on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. For bookings and enquiries call 01273 517332.

Community bus service 262 run by Wealdlink offers a limited service. For information and bookings call 01892 771332.

Other buses serve Uckfield Bus Station. Uckfield Community Hospital is approximately 0.6 miles from Uckfield Bus Station.

By train

The nearest train station is Uckfield. Uckfield Community Hospital is approximately 0.6 miles from Uckfield Bus Station.

Parking information

Free onsite parking is available.

Opening times

The Beechwood Unit is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

If you wish to visit, please call the unit and arrange a date and time. We ask that visitors avoid visiting during main mealtimes, which are 12pm to 1.30pm and 5pm to 6.30pm.

When visiting the unit, a surgical mask should be worn to comply with current Covid-19 guidelines. 

Services at this location

Dementia inpatient services