Visiting Process at the State Hospital, Carstairs

Maintaining relationships with family and friends is an important part of the patient's recovery journey. The State Hospital therefore offers a person centred approach to visiting where every effort is made to accommodate the individual needs of visitors. This short video provides an overview of the visiting process at the State Hospital for patient visitors. The State Hospital is the only high security psychiatric hospital covering Scotland and Northern Ireland. 0:00 Location and Function of the State Hospital 0:19 Flexible Visiting Arrangements 0:36 Visiting Process and Security Measures 1:24 Supervised Visits in the Family Centre