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Patient Participation Group

We would like to refresh how our Patient Participation Group works so it can support Priory patients and teams day to day, as well as work with Healthwatch during 2024. We want to understand more about you and help you understand more about us.

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Cherry Street Update

A update regarding the temporary suspension of services at our Cherry Street branch.

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Cherry Street

Due to front of house staff shortages we are temporarily suspending services at Cherry Street over the winter. This allows us to consolidate our staff and ensure we can continue to provide safe care to all of our patients.

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Routine Appointments

We have experienced an unprecedented demand for urgent, on the day demand over the last few months combined with a high level of short term clinician sickness. This has led to us needing to cancel a huge number of routine clinics, pushing back the wait for a routine appointment past the 3-4 weeks mark.

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A letter to our patients

A letter sent to our patients via SMS and shared in the media highlighting the abuse some of our staff have been experiencing recently.

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Prescribing for fear of flying

Due to a medical safety alert from Aviation trained doctors; we have taken the decision to no longer prescribe sedating drugs such as Diazepam, which is sometimes used to treat fear of flying, and medications such as Zopiclone, which is used as a sleeping tablet.

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Short term change of opening hours over the summer

Due to front of house staffing issues, Cherry Street will remain closed on a Wednesday until further notice. It will be open 8.30 til 5pm on Mondays. Park View will also be closed on a Fridays from 12pm until the end of August (apart from 30.6.23).

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prioryCARE form update

We are experiencing extremely high demand for urgent/same day appointments. We are making some changes to when the prioryCARE form will be available this month.

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What is prioryCARE?

Over the last year we have been working hard on a new appointment system.

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