| Powick Hospital | |
|---|---|
| (previously Worcester County Pauper and Lunatic Asylum) | |
 Hospital Lane - the former hospital | |
  Shown in Worcestershire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Powick, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°09′18″N 2°15′47″W / 52.15500°N 2.26306°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Psychiatric |
| Services | |
| Beds | 1,000 (approx.) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1847 |
| Closed | 1989 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Powick Hospital, which opened in 1847 was a psychiatric facility located on 552 acres (223 ha) outside the village of Powick, near Malvern, Worcestershire. At its peak, the hospital housed around 1,000 patients in buildings designed for 400. During the 1950s the hospital gained an internationally acclaimed reputation for its use of the drug LSD in psychotherapy pioneered and conducted by Ronald A. Sandison. In 1968 the institution was surrounded by controversy concerning serious neglect of patients. In 1989 it was closed down leaving Barnsley Hall Hospital in Bromsgrove as the remaining psychiatric hospital in the county. Most of the complex has been demolished to make way for a housing estate.