Priory has a dedicated corporate team which specialises in managing the end-to-end patient journey, offering a highly personalised and professional service. The team work with each client to design a bespoke referral pathway to create a service that best suits their requirements.
Our corporate concierge team
The corporate concierge team brings together people who have been specifically identified due to the expertise they each hold in their respective areas. Together, the team has over 30 years’ experience with Priory.
The team is split into those focusing on account management and support, alongside a referral management and patient liaison function, ensuring we can guide employees through the most appropriate and effective pathway. A business development analyst supports with MI reporting and operational support.
We will work with clients to identify suitable and achievable service level agreements (SLAs) that will apply to various stages of the referral journey.
A single point of access
Our corporate concierge service supports the patient assessment process to ensure an appropriate care pathway for each employee. We can also support the entire treatment journey through a single point of contact, ensuring that an effective pathway is provided to meet each person's specific circumstances.
A tailored end-to-end patient journey
Priory work with clients to determine the most suitable referral pathway for their organisations’ employees.
For outpatients, this may include pre-authorised assessments followed by a set number of treatment sessions, or pre-authorised assessments recommending treatment, which may be authorised at the client’s discretion.
Referrals information
Referrals with pre-authorised treatment
- Client sends authorisation for assessment and treatment with initial referral. Referrals must specify type of treatment authorised and number of sessions authorised
- Corporate concierge team contact client to determine most suitable assessment location and once identified, forward the referral to the assessing Priory service
- Assessing site contact the client to book in the initial assessment and subsequent appointments
- Should a patient require an extension to the number of therapy sessions granted, the therapist will submit an interim report which will give an overview of progress to date, reason for the extension request and number of additional sessions recommended
Referrals without pre-authorised treatment – telephone assessment pathway
- Client sends authorisation for assessment only with initial referral
- Corporate concierge team arrange a chargeable 30-minute telephone assessment call with a Priory therapist from our nationwide network
- Following the telephone assessment, an authorisation request will be sent to the client for the clinically appropriate treatment and number of therapy sessions
- Once approval has been granted, the concierge team will send the authorisation details and reporting requirements to the designated Priory service, who will progress with booking treatment
- Should a patient require an extension to the number of therapy sessions granted, the therapist will submit an interim report which will give an overview of progress to date, reason for the extension request and number of additional sessions recommended
Referrals without pre-authorised treatment – face-to-face assessment pathway
- Client sends authorisation for assessment only with initial referral
- Corporate concierge team contact client to determine most suitable assessment location and once identified, forward the referral to the assessing service
- Assessing service to contact the client to book in the initial assessment
- Following the face-to-face assessment, an authorisation request will be sent to the client for the clinically appropriate treatment and number of therapy sessions
- Once approval has been granted, the concierge team will send the authorisation details and reporting requirements to the designated Priory service who will progress with booking treatment
- Should a patient require an extension to the number of therapy sessions granted, the therapist will submit an interim report which will give an overview of progress to date, reason for the extension request and number of additional sessions recommended