About this location
Based in Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, Priory Hospital Market Weighton is a rehabilitation and recovery (R&R) hospital for adult males. We have close links to Priory Adult Care community services to develop discharge pathways out of the hospital. We offer a bespoke and flexible therapeutic programme with therapies focused on stabilisation, skill acquisition, personal development, community integration, and developing competence and confidence in living skills.
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Priory Hospital Market Weighton 27 Holme Road Market Weighton East Riding of Yorkshire YO43 3EQ
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Services
Our comprehensive rehabilitation services provide support for people with complex mental health needs. We align our services with the recommendations of the Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health (JCPMH), ensuring our patients are given the highest quality care to enable an appropriate transition back home or into community services, wherever possible.
Ward break down
- 11-bedded ward for males
Conditions treated
We are able to support people with:
- Severe and enduring mental health needs
- Co-morbid personality disorder
- Neurodiversity
- Complex presentations and treatment needs
- Challenging behaviours
- Previous placement failures
- Forensic histories and risk profiles
- Treatment-resistant presentations
We can also support people with the following challenges alongside their primary diagnosis:
- A learning disability
- Autism
- Physical disabilities
- Sexual offending
- Stepping down from a secure provision
- Stepping up from community placements
- Moving from other services with no improvement in outcomes
- Requiring a focused rehabilitation pathway
- Requiring continuing care
We are able to support informal patients or those detained under the Mental Health Act.
Treatment approaches
At Market Weighton, we offer an individualised, person-centred approach to all our patients.
We specialise in rehabilitation for individuals with severe and enduring mental illness. Many of those who stay with us have significant forensic backgrounds and are stepping down from secure services.
Our aim is to deliver rehabilitation, stabilise mental health, reduce behaviours that challenge, and develop daily living skills.
Our assessment and treatment options are overseen by a full and diverse multidisciplinary team (MDT).
We offer:
- Positive behaviour support (PBS)
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive analytic therapy (CAT)
- Occupational therapy (OT)
- Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
- Interpersonal therapy (IPT)
- Art therapy
- Mindfulness
- Trauma informed therapy
- Specialist Assessments
- Offence-Focused Interventions
- Psychological Wellbeing Therapies
- Emotional Awareness and Management
- Healthy Living Skills
- Social Skills Development
- Medication Management
Occupational Therapy is a core element of our recovery-oriented approach and at the heart of our therapeutic programme. We have a full-time, dedicated OT team that adopts a client-centred, evidence-based approach focused on recapturing lost skills, developing new ones, enhancing competence and confidence, and improving quality of life.
People within our R&R service tend to stay with us on a long-term basis, with an average length of stay of 3 years. However, some people stay with us for longer. We can also offer end of life care, where needed.
Our team
Our team consists of:
- Consultant psychiatrist
- Sessional consultant forensic psychologist
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Registered Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurses
- Healthcare Assistants
- Speech and Language Therapist
- Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
We also provide specialist staff training, including training in trauma-focused therapies.
Therapeutic and community-based activities
We offer a range of therapeutic and community-based activities as part of a full treatment programme. We want to support people to become more confident and independent, preparing them to move through their treatment pathway towards community living.
Therapies are delivered on an individual and group basis, seven days a week, on the ward, in the community, and in our Occupational Therapy Department, including:
- Trips into the community to use the local amenities
- Day trips to York and Hull
- Trips to watch Hull FC football matches
- Cooking in our OT kitchens
- Enhancing motivation and goal setting
- Life skills
- Social and communication skills
- Health promotion
- Education and vocational skills
- Arts and crafts
- Walking, swimming, and cycling groups
- Community integration
Our facilities and environment
We believe that the environment in which treatment takes place is just as important as the treatment itself, when it comes to supporting our patients. We provide:
Our garden offers secure fencing, a lawn area, shelter and areas to plant with patients.
Our bedrooms
All of our bedrooms are single-occupancy and have an en-suite bathroom. Patients are encouraged to personalise their bedrooms while they are staying with us. We provide:
Exclusion profile
We are unable to support individuals who:
- People under the age of 18
- History of arson
- History of absconsion
- Currently pose a high and immediate risk to themselves or others
- Require seclusion, rapid tranquilisation, or regular restraint
- Require substance detoxification and rehabilitation
- Require a high level of physical nursing
- Require end-of-life care
- Pose a high risk of absconsion
Pathways
Priory’s network of high-quality facilities enables us to offer seamless care pathways with our dedicated residential services. We offer programmes integrating healthcare treatment and therapy tailored to individual needs in an appropriate setting. Our strength lies in providing a smooth transition for individuals as they progress between higher and lower dependency services.
We actively maintain working relationships with case managers and community teams to ensure a smooth and successful transition to life outside the hospital environment.
Most individuals leaving our service transition to supported living or residential services rather than independent living. During a person’s stay, we utilise the Care Programme Approach (CPA) process to identify a suitable discharge placement. Once ready, individuals can start the transition to their next placement, whether another hospital, a residential home, or a community setting.
Pathways also exist for transitions to Priory Adult Care services where appropriate. For example, individuals may transition to Linegate, a Priory Adult Care supported living service in Market Weighton, or any other Priory Adult Care community services in the region.
At Market Weighton, we provide BTPs for autistic people and people with a learning disability. Individuals may present with complex and challenging needs, including aggression and sensory issues, and may benefit from the time and space to learn how to self-regulate their own emotions.
Our comprehensive rehabilitation services provide support for people with complex mental health needs. We align our services with the recommendations of the Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health (JCPMH), ensuring our patients receive the highest quality care to facilitate an appropriate transition back home or into community services, wherever possible.
The core aim of our BTPs is to offer an environment with the least restrictive practices, where patients who are struggling in a group environment can develop their independence skills, enabling them to transition to community living, when possible.
For more information on Priory’s BTPs, view our dedicated BTP page.
BTP break down
- Wicstun Way
- Wicstun Wolds
A message from our site leader
Being located in a small market town, there are many opportunities for patients to increase their independence, which is part of the rehabilitation process. We will support them so that, together, we can achieve the next step of them living their lives in the community
Market Weighton site leader
Comments from our patients and their family and friends
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Information for family and friends
How do home visits work?
Section 17 leave or home visits can be facilitated by arrangement.
What is your visitation policy?
We do not have set visiting times. All visits are by arrangement.
Will I be involved and kept up to date with my loved one’s care and wellbeing?
Staff will contact families, friends and carers, as needed, and they are welcome to be involved in meetings about their loved one, with appropriate consent.
Will my loved one be able to have a phone or call me?
Yes, phone calls are permitted, once this is assessed as appropriate by the clinical team.
What type of things are families expected to provide, and what is provided by the home?
Bedding is supplied by the hospital. Clothes and toiletries are provided by families or the person staying with us. As part of the rehabilitation process, the people staying with us will be supported to shop for personal items themselves, where this is appropriate.
What are the bedrooms like?
All of our bedrooms are furnished. They are all single person, en-suite rooms.
Are external doors kept locked?
All of our external doors are locked, although garden access is freely available, where appropriate. Every person staying with us will be individually assessed for any risks to see what security is needed.
What do service users eat and how do meal times work?
Our menu is nutritionally balanced and people staying with us eat alongside our staff in the dining room. As they gain independence, they will be encouraged to cook with the OT team in the OT kitchens, and some of them can cook their own meals.
How does laundry work?
Where possible, people staying with us will be supported to do their own laundry. Otherwise, staff will take care of this.
Is there anything they can’t bring or have?
For safety reasons, the hospital has a banned and restricted items list. As all our admissions are planned, this can be discussed prior to the patient arriving.
Are pets allowed?
Unfortunately, pets cannot be accommodated at the hospital.
How do activities work?
Everyone staying with us will be assessed by our OT and a programme of activities will be developed, taking into account a patient’s needs and interests. For example, people have been assisted to go to watch Hull FC playing, or on trips into York and Hull.
Do service users and families have an input into the service user’s care plans?
All our care plans are person-centred and developed with input from the person staying with us, and their family, wherever possible and appropriate.
What are the car parking facilities?
There is limited free parking available on-site.
What is the smoking policy? Can service users buy cigarettes?
Priory Hospital Market Weighton is a no-smoking site, so cigarettes and tobacco are not allowed. Vaping is allowed in the garden areas.
How is treatment accessed and funded?
We don’t take referrals directly from individuals and families. Instead, the first step will be for you to reach out to the person’s GP so that they can be referred and funded through the correct NHS channel. Depending on the type of support needed, this could include local authority funding, NHS funding, joint funding between the local authority and NHS, or direct payments. Please note, referrals for NHS or local authority funded services must come from a referring organisation.
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How to make a referral
Our customer service centre provides 24/7 support for NHS mental health enquiries and referrals. Our customer referral co-ordinators can support you from your first call right through to the enquiry conclusion, providing updates throughout the process. We offer 24/7 crisis referrals, fast access to bed availability and placements, and a single access point for end-to-end enquiry management.