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Priory was approached after existing providers were unable to adjust pricing and practice to meet Havering's needs. Priory offered a comprehensive range of services through our secure, long-term care and acute healthcare divisions. A key feature was integrated care pathways with seamless transition between services as needs changed, including return to the community as a realistic prospect for some patients.

"All round good progress on all aspects of this contract is confirmed."

Khalil Ali, Head of Adult Services Commissioning and Clinical Governance, Havering Primary Care Trust

Referral and admission

Who can be referred?

We have a national patient intake for detained NHS patients, including those under Ministry of Justice restrictions and non forensic patients who require medium and low secure environments and are able to treat patients requiring short-term or lifetime care.
We receive referrals for:

Remand/sentenced patients with a history of offending
Multiple diagnosis
Patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983)
Mental illness
Mental illness combined with physical illness
Personality disorders and borderline personality disorders
Asperger's Syndrome
Forensic addictions
Psychoses
Learning disabilities
Substance misuse
Elderly/frail patients with forensic history
Long term intensive, highly flexible treatment for adults with enduring mental health needs, via our Priory Grange hospitals

Who can refer?

The Priory Group accept referrals from a wide variety of public sector organisations throughout the UK. These include high secure hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, prisons, courts, medium secure units (MSUs), social services and the police.

More specifically we accept referrals from Broadmoor, Rampton, Ashworth, SHA forensic lead commissioners, NHS specialist commissioners, social workers, and other specialist psychiatric services. We have long-term agreements with a range of PCTs and local authorities and also provide placements on a spot-purchase basis.

We only accept referrals from public sector organisations. We welcome self funding patients but they would need to be referred to one of our acute hospitals. We recommend that you contact us directly on 0845 2 PRIORY (0845 2 774 679) to discuss this further.

Assessment and admission

Free assessments can be carried out by a senior clinician usually within 24 hours and often on the same day. Same day admission can be facilitated and we can, if necessary, assist with transferring the patient.

All our hospitals have specific admission criteria relevant to the service and support that they offer. See the hospital listings below for more detail.

Chadwick Lodge

Male and female patients aged 18 + who require medium security
Detained under the Mental Health Act (1983)
Forensic history
Diagnosis of personality disorder and / or mental illness
Forensic addictions

Eaglestone View

Male and female patients aged 18+ who require low or enhanced low security
Diagnosis of personality disorder and / or mental illness and / or learning disability
Histories of abuse
Complex clinical and social needs
Forensic addictions
Detained under the Mental Health Act (1983)

Farmfield

Male patients aged 18 to 65 who require low or medium security and will benefit from treatment and rehabilitation
Diagnosis of mental illness or personality disorder
Detained under the Mental Health Act (1983)
May have a forensic history

Thornford Park

Male patients aged 18+ who require low or medium secure care
Diagnosis of mental disorder and / or personality disorder
Acute assessment and treatment service
Elderly physically frail service
Detained under the Mental Health Act (1983), or equivalent legislation
Forensic profile

Our patients are made aware of hospital procedures, regulations and restrictions and should agree to abide by them via a written contract prior to admission.

For more information, please contact the admissions offices at:

Chadwick Lodge
Email: chadwicklodge@priorygroup.com
Telephone: 01908 593 009

Eaglestone View
Email: eaglestoneview@priorygroup.com
Telephone: 01908 593 009

Farmfield
Email: farmfield@priorygroup.com
Telephone: 01293 787 500

Thornford Park
Email: thornfordpark@priorygroup.com
Telephone: 01635 273 819

Patients and their carers are at the forefront of all that we plan and do, and we ensure that admission to our hospitals is as comfortable and informative as possible.

How to refer

A referral can be made to the appropriate hospital's admissions office by telephone, email via our on-line referral form, fax or in writing. The admissions office then passes the patient's details on to the appropriate consultant psychiatrist.

Emergency referrals

We are able to accept 24/7 referrals. Urgent or out of hours appointments and admissions can be arranged immediately by telephoning the appropriate hospital.