With 15 children waiting in New Hampshire hospital emergency rooms for mental health placement Friday, Gov. Chris Sununu and Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Weaver went to Hampstead to cut the ribbon on a new facility that will add 71 new beds when complete.
East Acres at Hampstead is located at the former Hampstead Hospital, the state’s first level 5 psychiatric residential treatment facility, The Eagle Tribune reports. This is the highest level of mental health care and the only youth psychiatric treatment facility in the state.
The Executive Council earlier this year approved federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to purchase the formerly private psychiatric hospital for both adults and children on about 100 acres.
It now only serves children and is still in the process of renovation. Read more.
