Priory Hospital Bristol

NHS mental health services It’s beautiful here… all the staff are brilliant. They really love us all. We get Located within a secluded area of good food. It’s brilliant Bristol, Priory Hospital Bristol offers a here, it really is brilliant tranquil setting in extensive grounds HUNTINGTON’S PATIENT where patients are supported to lead a AT BRISTOL healthier and more fulfilling way of life.

We provide expert care and treatment within the following services:

Acute mental health Acute mental health Rehabilitation and recovery

Adult eating disorders At Bristol we provide personalised and recovery-focused treatment programmes across three mixed-gender Psychiatric intensive care unit wards:

Redcliffe – 13-bedded ward Blackwell – 11-bedded ward Walter – 10-bedded ward

Our tailored therapy programmes include group-based activity and one-to-one therapy and specialist therapy includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), psycho-educational workshops and assertiveness. Our comprehensive treatment programmes ensure patients have access to every resource they need to make a strong recovery, returning to a positive and productive life. Rehabilitation and recovery

Our rehabilitation and recovery service is a 19-bedded unit split across two specialist wards:

Oak Lodge – 10-bedded, female-only ward, supporting patients with mental health diagnoses, neurodegenerative brain disorders such as dementia or Huntington’s disease

Hillside – 9-bedded, mixed-gender service for those with conditions such as , general mental health diagnoses and neurodegenerative disorder such as dementia or Huntington’s disease Psychiatric intensive care

Both wards can also treat chronic physical health Purdown Ward is a 10-bedded male ward for patients issues (e.g. diabetes and COPD) and the early stages who require urgent admission into a structured of Koraskoff’s disease. environment to manage their mental health needs. Both wards offer a rehabilitation pathway/palliative The ward provides large spacious single gender care or longer-term care for adults with severe and accommodation, therapy and activity space, with open enduring mental illness, often with behaviours that access to fresh air via the secure gardens. The ward has challenge. Our intensive and highly flexible care access to seclusion facilities should it be necessary. programmes are provided within a safe and caring Typical lengths of stay vary, and are dependent upon environment tending to needs that cannot be met individual need and response to treatment. The focus within conventional hospitals or care homes. is to move patients to the least restrictive environment We also care for those looking to step down from once mental state and behaviour have stabilised. We secure services, including those detained under the continually liaise with local NHS services to ensure that Mental Health Act. there is the effective transition of care on discharge or transfer. Our aim is ensure optimum quality of life for our patients, within the limitations posed by their illnesses. The services would be suitable for:

Males aged 18 years or over in need of psychiatric intensive care who are detained under the Adult eating disorders Individuals with a wide range of mental health conditions in need of rapid assessment and Based on our 10-bedded Lotus Ward, our eating admission, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week disorder service is for males and females aged Individuals at risk of violence and aggression, whose 18 years and above and it provides effective behaviour may be unpredictable programmes for the successful treatment of: Those who present significant and continued risk Anorexia to themselves or others, and who have a high absconsion risk in non-secure acute settings Bulimia Patients may be admitted from A&E, acute services, Binge eating  other PICUs, police custody, community services Other related conditions and the community

We focus on the psychological, social, behavioural and physical sides of the illness. The programme involves assistance in re-establishing an appropriate relationship with food, education on the nature and consequences of eating disorders, and guidance in helping people to identify personally with this information. Specialist therapy for eating disorders includes body image workshops and assertiveness therapy. We recognise the importance of an individualised care pathway designed to provide a safe but supportive and structured environment, tailored to the differing needs and experiences of each patient. Our teams

Our expert multidisciplinary teams are made up of:

Doctors Nurses Physiotherapists Speech and language therapists Occupational therapists Pet assisted therapy

Our absolute priority is to make sure we operate safe and effective services 24/7 and that all staff understand Our teams meet up most what is required of them to make that happen. mornings to discuss how we can best look after our patients and staff How to find us MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Heath House Lane, Stapleton, Bristol, BS16 1EQ

Southmead M4 Frenchay M32 A4174 Horfield A432 Emersons Stapleton Priory Green Hospital Bristol A432

Ottershaw Kingswood A420

A431 Bristol

Contact us

For more information on the NHS services offered at Priory Hospital Bristol, contact us today: Email: [email protected] Tel: 0117 911 8042

Priory Group UK 1 Limited, 80 Hammersmith Road, , W14 8UD. Company Registration Number: 09057543