Flynn Unit

The Flynn Unit is located within the Latrobe Regional Hospital Traralgon West Campus.

Flynn is a 33-bed adult mental health inpatient unit delivering acute treatment and medium term rehabilitation for adolescent patients through to age 65.

The Unit focuses on providing patients with treatment, education and rehabilitation, which will allow them to return to their communities to begin the recovery journey.

Flynn provides patients with an environment that delivers a range of therapeutic interventions ranging from medically-based pharmaceutical interventions to social, psychological

and recreational therapies.

The needs of the patient are met through a team of health professionals including nursing, medical and allied health, along with client and carer consultants.

Flynn strives to provide the client and their family with a smooth journey through what is a stressful period in their lives fraught with anxiety.

Admissions are usually nine to 12 days in duration and most patients leaving the Unit continue to receive specialist care in the community from a case manager.

While a stay in Flynn will not “cure” mental illness, the Unit provides education to the client and family about the treatment therapies, illness dynamics and ways to prevent relapse or extended periods of illness.