Broadmoor Hospital
High security hospital in Berkshire
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| 2019 | The sirens were accidentally activated due to a technical fault. |
| May 2019 | The hospital trust took possession of the first phase of new buildings, comprising 16 wards and 234 beds. |
| 2018 | Michael Adebowale assaulted a nurse at Broadmoor, punching him in the face and subsequently pleading guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm. |
| 2018 | The hospital was rated as Good overall by the Care Quality Commission, and the escape alarm sirens were decommissioned upon opening of the new site. |
| 2018 | Thirteen satellite sirens were scheduled for decommissioning, with one siren to remain on the hospital grounds. |
| January 1 2017 | Projected start date for the new unit to begin accepting patients, as reported by Kier in 2013. |
| June 2 2016 | Broadmoor announced plans to remove all individual sirens except the hospital siren, with future alerts to be issued via television and social media. A single longer-ranged siren was to replace the existing network of sirens. |
| 2015 | The Care Quality Commission gave the hospital an Inadequate rating. |
| 2014 | Plans were initiated to remove seven of the thirteen existing sirens, coinciding with the addition of a second security fence around the hospital and intentions to upgrade the remaining sirens' coverage radius. |
| 2014 | The Bracknell siren was accidentally activated during an electrical storm. |
| 2013 | Michael Adebowale, one of the murderers of Lee Rigby, was recommended for treatment at Broadmoor after being diagnosed with borderline schizophrenia. |
| 2013 | Kier building company reported £115 million for a new unit of 162 beds, planned to be ready to accept patients by the start of 2017. |
| 2012 | Planning permission granted for a £242 million redevelopment of Broadmoor Hospital, involving the construction of a new unit with 10 wards to adjoin the existing 6 wards of the Paddock Unit. |
| March 31 2012 | Closure of the DSPD service at Broadmoor, as mandated by the Department of Health and Ministry of Justice National Personality Disorder Strategy published in October 2011. |
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