Care pathways at Priory
Learn about the tailored care pathways that Priory provides.
Priory’s range of services enables us to provide unique and individual care pathways for the people we support. We can provide a seamless transition for each person as they progress between our higher and lower dependency services, with a goal of community living, or greater independence, wherever possible.
Our national network of services include both hospitals and community-based services. This means we're able to deliver care and support across a variety of different settings.
Our services
Priory operate a range of hospitals across the country, which provide services such as:
- Acute and psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs)
- Brain injury services
- Secure services
- Rehabilitation and recovery (R&R) services
This allows for patients to either step-up or step-down in acuity, dependent on need, all within the same hospital, or under Priory's continued care. In addition, Priory also provide community-based adult social care services:
Pathways from hospital into the community
Ultimately, the range of services we provide enable us to offer pathways to more independent living, and into the community, wherever possible. In addition, within these services, we deliver person-centred care which consistently achieves the best possible outcomes.
From the point of admission, we focus on providing a planned pathway towards greater independence, where each person has a completely bespoke transition plan, which considers their unique needs.
Supporting people with complex needs
Priory has two assessment and transitions directors for complex autism. Their role is to carefully plan the transitions of autistic people who have complex needs. They support seamless care pathways from our hospital to community settings, as well as from services outside Priory. They work closely with our site teams and positive behaviour support (PBS) specialists, to ensure the right support is in place for each person.
Our aim is that people with complex needs are able to live the life that they choose in the community. By providing tailored support to each person in their pathway, we reduce the likelihood of placement breakdowns. The consistent support they receive at every stage enables them to progress at a pace that suits them.
Meet the team
Learn more about Priory's assessment and transitions directors, who support autistic adults with complex needs.
Benefits of care pathways
By offering these care pathways, we provide a wide range of benefits to each person we support.
These include:
- The opportunity to progress into the right setting for them
- Environments built around their unique needs, including options for single occupancy inpatient support, residential packages, and supported living schemes
- Planned and detailed transitions, with key members of staff introduced early
- Consistent support across their entire pathway
- An emphasis on co-production, enabling each person to shape their own support and future
Our care pathways also provide a range of benefits to commissioning teams.
These include:
- Early identification of changes to support needs and planned new approaches proposed
- Highly effective PBS specialists to support transitions and behaviour management
- Decreased likelihood of placement breakdown, due to consistency for the individual
- Potential phased reduction of funding
- Clear pathway plans to enable mapped vacancies and placements for future individuals
- Planned discharge working to end of terms, with support ensuring positive transitions
- A highly experienced and established management team
Contact us for help, referrals or more information
For further information on Priory services offered to the NHS, or to make a referral, please call our dedicated 24/7 customer service centre.