A REAL AND LASTING DIFFERENCE FOR EVERYONE WE SUPPORT

The Priory Hospital Hemel HempsteadRehabilitation and Recovery Services

The Priory Hospital Hemel Hempstead located in Hertfordshire, is easily accessed from the M25 and M1, and is in easy reach of London and the surrounding counties. It o�ers a safe and supportive Rehabilitation and Recovery Service for male and female patients with enduring mental health problems.

The service is delivered across the following wards:

• Dove Ward

Male Mental Health Rehabilitation Ward (15 beds)

• Robin Ward

Female Mental Health Rehabilitation Ward (12 beds)

• Wren Ward

Male Dementia and Neuropsychiatry (11 beds)

The recently refurbished hospital features en-suite bedrooms and a wide range of on-site facilities including:

• Internet access• Social and communal areas• A family room• A sensory garden• Extensive grounds including a ‘Pitch and Putt’• An occupational therapy kitchen

We have strong links with the local community

and provide access to local amenities including:

• A gym• Shops• Leisure and

entertainment centres• Local parks

• Markets• Cafés• Churches• The local college• A museum

In the 2016 CQC report, The Priory Hospital Hemel Hempstead achieved an overall rating of 'Good' in all areas

Dove and Robin Ward

We aim to provide the highest standards of care for patients whilst working collaboratively with them to improve the quality of their lives, and to help them attain the maximum level of independence possible.

Our first priority is to ensure that our patients enjoy the same right to a happy and fulfilled life as anyone else and to achieve:

• Positive risk management to assess levels of historical clinical risk

• Progression through a personalised care pathway towards increased independence

• Reductions in behaviours that challenge

• Improvements in psychotic and functional mental health symptoms

• Acquisitions of daily living skills

• Attainment of tolerance and coping skills

• Increased social and communication skills and improved community integration

Both Robin and Dove ward use a recovery-focused approach to enable patients to develop skills that will support social inclusion, making their own choices, and achieving optimum independence and quality of life.

Dove Ward is a 15 bedded male only unit split into an 11 bedded main ward and a 4 bedded standalone unit called `Dovecote'. Dovecote supports patients who are progressing towards discharge into the community.

The unit has 4 bedrooms with full en-suite facilities, a lounge and a kitchenette to allow patients privacy and a quiet space to relax and aid recovery. 

Dovecote is an integral part of Dove Ward and is managed and supervised by the care team.  Patients are assessed prior to moving to Dovecote to ensure that the facility meets their needs on their recovery pathway.

Inclusion criteria

We assess whether we can meet a patient’s needs based on their clinical presentation, level of risk and care and treatment goals. Our service provide for:

• Men and women aged over 18 with a primary severe and enduring mental health need

• A primary diagnosis of mental health including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar a�ective disorders and anxiety

• Those with a co-morbid presentation such as behaviours that challenge, personality disorder, mild Learning Di�culties and complex needs

• Patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983 amended 2007) or informally admitted

• Those with a disengagement from the service provision, who are treatment resistant and/or have a history of placement breakdowns/repeated hospital admissions

• Patients who require assistance with medication management to sustain their mental health

• Those who may have a forensic history

• People with additional debilitating long-term physical health conditions

Specialist services at a glance

• Clinical psychology input (1:1 therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, anger and anxiety management, relapse prevention, behaviour analysis, problem solving approaches and social skills)

• Occupational Therapy led intensive rehabilitation programme (Activities of Daily Living skills, social inclusion activities, vocational/educational activities and leisure programmes)

• Tailored treatment programmes for o�ending behaviour and maladaptive behaviours including self-harm

• Enhanced thinking and coping skills

• Aromatherapy

Treatment

Patients are treated using a holistic and person-centred approach within the context of a recovery model.

The treatments we provide follow NICE guidelines and include:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

• Comprehensive physical care

• Occupational Therapy

• Educational opportunities

For those with treatment-resistant psychosis, appropriate pharmacological interventions are o�ered based on the best available evidence, including clozapine and augmentation strategies.

Wren Ward

Wren Ward is an 11 bedded ward for older male adults in need of Dementia and Neuropsychiatric care. Conditions we also treat include Picks Disease, Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s Disease and Acquired Brain Injury.

We build strong therapeutic relationships with our patients, ensuring care is dignified and as least restrictive as possible.

The team focus on positive strategies encompassing care, compassion, courage, competency, commitment, and communication, and consistency when making a di�erence in dementia/degenerative brain disorders care.

Treatments are based on NICE guidance for inpatient treatment of dementia using minimal medication whilst supporting people with positive behavioural strategies.

Inclusion criteria

• Older male adults

• Present with a primary diagnosis of enduring mental health and/or degenerative brain disorders/cognitive impairment such as dementia and Alzheimer’s

• We are highly experienced in support and caring for people with Picks Disease, Alzheimers, Huntingtons Disease, and Acquired Brain Injury

• Present with behaviours that challenge

• May present with co-morbid presentations

• People with additional long term physical health conditions such as epilepsy and diabetes

• May be sectioned under the Mental Health Act (1983 amended 2007) or informally admitted

• Reminiscence work

• Social and cultural inclusion activities

• Therapeutic engagement and communication skills

• Recreational and leisure activities

• Behavioural management

• Music therapy

• Arts and crafts

• Aromatherapy and relaxation

This specialist service includes:

Our in-house multidisciplinary team

The treatment programme across the hospital is led by an e�ective MDT experienced in rehabilitation, recovery and caring for patients with enduring mental health problems and complex needs. The team includes:

• Consultant Psychiatrist

• Sta� Grade Psychiatrist

• Psychologist

• Nursing (RMN, RNLD and RGN)

• Physical Health Care Nurse

• Occupational therapist

• Dietician

• Speech and Language Therapist

• Chiropodist

• Physiotherapist

• Optician

• Independent advocacy service

• General Practitioner

We strive to achieve the following outcomes for every patient:

• Healthy living

• Improvement in quality of life

• Community engagement

• Increased social integration

• Supported independence

• Reduction of risk and behaviours that challenge

How to find us

Referrals

To make a referral or for enquiries and further

information, call us on 01442 255 371, email

hemelhempstead@priorygroup.com or visit

www.priorygroup.com/hemelhempstead

For more detailed directions on how to find us,

please visit www.priorygroup.com/hemelhempstead

The Priory Hospital Hemel Hempstead,

Longcroft Lane, Felden, Hemel Hempstead,

Hertfordshire, HP3 0BN

A41

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Priory Hospital Hemel Hempstead

Telephone: 01442 255371

Fax: 01442 265630

Web: www.priorygroup.com

A REAL AND LASTING DIFFERENCE FOR EVERYONE WE SUPPORT

Telephone: 01442 255 371

E-mail: hemelhempstead@priorygroup.com

Web: www.priorygroup.com/hemelhempstead

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