Appeal of Nashua Brookside Hospital

In this consolidated appeal, the petitioners, Nashua Brookside Hospital and Cheshire Medical Center, appeal the decision of the health services planning and review board (board) granting certificates of need (CONs) to the respondents, Beech Hill Hospital, Mediplex of New Hampshire, Inc. (Spofford Hall), and Seminole Point Hospital, to convert ten inpatient substance abuse beds in each facility to inpatient psychiatric beds. We reverse, holding that the board failed to follow the requirements of RSA chapter 151-C regarding the determination of a need for new health services and the issuance of…