Priory costs

[HangingOnInThereJust]

Does anyone have an idea how much a week of inpatient treatment at a Priory hospital would cost?

Thanks

5-7k I think

Gulp. Thanks

Has anyone been a mental health inpatient at a Priory hospital who can share their experience of whether it was helpful?

Thanks.

Can you give a bit more info? And why the Priory? Other organisations might be a better fit.

Also which priory? Different ones have different reputations.

A friend was in the Priory at New Year. I visited daily and it was appalling. Very little support, one psychologist session a week, lacklustre "groups". They were uninformed about her medications and her discharge papers were severely lacking.

I had assumed that for the astronomical cost it would be top notch but it is an absolute scandal.

I know that different Priory hospitals have different reputations though so this may not be universal.

Chelmsford

Thanks @Summertime2. Which Priory was your friend in, if you don’t mind asking?

A bit outing but I've done the odd bank shifts at Priory Chelmsford about 4 years ago (based full time at another site) and wouldn't rush back there! But it could've changed since I last worked there.

What were the problems there @mollibu ?

Do NOT go to the priory Chelmsford.
It is a WASTE of your money

If you need time out and help I would seriously consider a different setting. The glasshouse retreat or an all inclusive week on holiday where you can get a massage/ reflexology and nice food and good sleep for a week.
You could do zoom calls to a psychotherapist.

All that is better than the priory.
It is an absolute scandalous rip off.

May we help in sign posting you to get the help you need?
Sometimes in the midst it's hard to know what to do, or who to talk to.

What kind of treatment?

Depression and eating disorder

@HangingOnInThereJust The Roehampton Priory. I cannot emphasise enough how shocked I was by how pitiful the care was. The only exception I would say was perhaps for someone actively suicidal as I could see one or two patients were accompanied at all times presumably for this reason.

I had a long stay (9 months) at the priory in North London and it definitely had its flaws, but it saved my life.

However if you want treatment for an eating disorder, a friend had a terrible time at the priory (Roehampton) so then went into the ED unit in The Nightingale hospital in London and it's been life changing for her.

Both places are a grand a night.

If your eating disorder comes from a place of addiction, I can recommend a brilliant rehab (rather than a psych hospital) that I went to for binge eating disorder.