Olympic swimmer opens Colchester health centre (From Essex County Standard)
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Olympic swimmer opens Colchester health centre
1:00pm Tuesday 16th October 2012 in News
OLYMPIC gold medallist Becky Adlington officially opened a new Colchester health centre on Tuesday.
The swimmer, who added two bronzes to her collection this summer at London 2012, met with children at the St Aubyn Centre, on Boxted Road.
The facility helps children aged 11 to 18 with severe and complicated mental health problems.
See Wednesday's Gazette for the full story and pictures.
Comments(6)
Danno113
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7:39pm Tue 16 Oct 12
If it's not a health centre, but cares for people with mental health issues, what is it?
Say It As It Is OK?
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7:48pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Boris
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9:23pm Tue 16 Oct 12
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In another local on-line newspaper, we read as follows:
Speaking at the ceremony, Ms Adlington said: “It’s an absolute pleasure to be here. I wish there was a facility like this my sister could have gone to when she was a teenager."
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If it's good enough to impress Rebecca Adlington, it is something for us all to be proud of.
Say It As It Is OK?
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10:14pm Tue 16 Oct 12
The point I made was more about the headline description given to the centre.
Lets hope the residents, because with mental health you cannot call them patients any more, are soon better and are free to return to good health away from a locked, secure environment.
wellnow
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9:38am Wed 17 Oct 12
Say It As It Is OK? says...
1:41pm Tue 16 Oct 12
It isn't a Health Centre but as the report goes on to say the facility caters for teenagers with severe and complicated mental health issues.