Adult mental health treatment and support services will be provided from modern, state of the art facilities with the official opening of Harrison House on February 23.

The development in Peaks Lane, Grimsby, comprises four purpose-built units and will provide a base for all mental health services currently accommodated at the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital.

Kevin Bond, director of mental health at North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus said: “This move is fantastic news for service users and is the culmination of many years hard work to find a suitable site and develop these excellent facilities. The improvement service users will see is immense. To get to this stage has been a long journey with plenty of ups and downs, but finally we can see the culmination of all the hard work and I would like to thank all the staff, people who use services and carers who have helped us design the new facility.”

The new facilities, based around the main building Harrison House and three lodges – Pelham Lodge, Brocklesby Lodge and Meridian Lodge – include improved inpatient facilities including en-suite bathrooms in all bedrooms, comfortable communal areas for eating and relaxing and landscaped gardens.

Harrison House is the main hub of the site and includes reception, day activity centre, Tukes coffee shop open to members of the public five days a week, sports changing facilities, office space and specialist counselling. Pelham Lodge (replacing Sapphire Suite) and Meridian Lodge (replacing Diamond Suite) are 10 bedded inpatient units and Brocklesby Lodge is a six bedded enhanced care unit for service users with more complex care needs.

The development has been designed to give careful consideration to its carbon footprint with the inclusion of solar panels for renewable energy on both Pelham Lodge and Meridian Lodge. The steel work in Harrison House is 100 per cent recycled, the roof tiles 80 per cent recycled and the block work 70 per cent recycled.The site was also a zero net waste site during construction.

The North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus development at Peaks Lane has taken several years to reach this stage, with numerous sites considered before the Peaks Lane location was chosen.Construction started in January 2009