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In-patient care at the Priory?

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HildegardeCrowe · 02/11/2021 07:34

My poor brother whose in his 60s has had terrible mental health problems all his life which have recently got much worse. He needs in-patient care for his depression/anxiety but has no money so our dear 90 year old mum has offered to fund it. She has very limited savings but money tied up in a valuable property. We’re thinking of organising 1-2 weeks at a local Priory hospital (£7k per week) and I’d like to know if anyone has experience of them. We can’t afford any longer but he’s in crisis and the NHS as we all know is so stretched that even people who are desperately mentally like my brother have to wait months for treatment.

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ancientgran · 03/11/2021 21:24

ITV did a programme, think it was last week, a young reporter undercover working at one of the Priory Hospitals, it was scandalous. I'm amazed I haven't seen anything about it on the news/papers but I suppose MH isn't as interesting as Cop26 or covid.

I hope you see a private psychiatrist and get some support.

EatSleepRantRepeat · 03/11/2021 21:36

Just popping in to say I completely understand your brother's point of view, last time I was so bad with my anxiety I couldn't function or make simple decisions at all. I found myself wishing I could be sectioned just to have all of that taken away from me and be allowed to just rest without having to cope out in the world. Time seemed to just stop - I'd check my watch after a couple of hours and it had actually been two minutes.

Needless to say, I didn't get what I wanted, but I did get better slowly under the care of DH and the GP. Is there a carer service who could help and visit every day, eg one for vulnerable adults?

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