***Completed***Calderstones Mental Hospital

[cathyaus]

Hi Lisa
I  had great success with getting information from Calderstones Mental Hospital back in 2008.

My husband's aunt was placed there & she was rarely spoken about - my husband's youngest sister didn't even know about this aunt !

I originally had some trouble getting a return email but finally my email was sent to the right area. Try this email - & mark it as Medical records - archives (The email I had was an actual person's email - but they may not still work there so try this one...)
 info@calderstones.nhs.uk


When I sent my email to the right area - I explained that I wanted the information to obtain her medical condition & why she was originally admitted for family medical history reasons. We also asked about her death & place of burial. Attached to the email was a copy of her birth certificate that we already had & that had been issued in 1927 (she was born in 1926)

We received a reply very quickly giving a  summary of the aunt's life. She was admitted to Calderstones in 1945 (19 years old) & discharged to a hostel in 1979 -where we have no idea what happened to her until her death in 1984. The summary from Calderstones filled us in on the institutions she had been in since the age of 5 ,some family history that we didn't know about & a general medical history. We didn't actually get any of her file but we were very happy with what we received as I had been searching & many other institutions destroy their records after 20 or 30 years (& it was free  ).

Wishing you luck with your search !
Cathy
 

[byrneli]

Thanks for the info Cathy i will give it ago and see what happens

[byrneli]

Just want to let you know this email worked and i have found some interesting stuff

Lisa 

[cathyaus]

Hi Lisa
Glad that the email worked & that you got some information. They are very nice people at Calderstones - willing to help with information.


Thanks for letting me know 
Cathy

[Mr. MIGKY]

Congratulations
It might be handy to give us a clue of what you found so others looking might know what they can find? I don't mean anything personal but just clues as to what can be found and where it can be found.

Migky  .

[byrneli]

Hi

Yeah no problem i just did what cathy advised on the thread.  I sent an email to the address she gave me stating that i was looking for the mechical records for my uncle as my father had died and that i had no one to ask.  I said i needed to know for the medical history for my family. 

The email went to a few places but this morning i opened my email and had a reply telling me alot of info i never knew like who visited him, date he was ammitted and fromwhere, his medical history and the date he was moved. 

So my advise whould be to use the email address on this thread as it worked for me.

Thanks again

Lisa

[Mr. MIGKY]

The email went to a few places but this morning i opened my email and had a reply telling me alot of info i never knew like who visited him, date he was ammitted and fromwhere, his medical history and the date he was moved. 
Lisa

A great result for you then.  Most other records we come across never give such great details as you listed above. Now that is what i call a window in to the past.

Migky