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Priory Grange Potters Bar welcomes Dr Raheja

March 25, 2010 by SallyPreston

PRIORY GRANGE POTTERS BAR WELCOMES NEW CONSULTANT

15/2/10

Dr Sunil Kumar Raheja has been appointed as visiting Consultant Psychiatrist at the Priory Grange Potters Bar.

Dr Raheja will have practising privileges on the Hadley Unit, working with adults with mild to moderate learning disabilities who have complex needs including challenging behaviour and mental health problems.

MONEY WORRIES LEADING TO STRESS ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH

March 12, 2010 by SallyPreston

12/3/10

Money worries are the biggest cause of stress in modern life, according to a new survey carried out by ICM Research on behalf of the Priory Group.

Almost a third of respondents cited their finances as being the cause of the most stress in their lives. Women worried more about money with 32% admitting to being stressed due to financial concerns as opposed to 26% of men questioned.

Those aged between 25 years and 44 years are most likely to worry about money with almost half of those questioned suffering stress due to money worries.

Priory Group Leads on Expert Forensic Mental Health Conference

March 2, 2010 by SallyPreston

Priory Group, the UK’s leading provider of independent mental health care, is bringing health experts together for a unique conference, which provides an insight into the field of forensic mental healthcare.

Forensic mental health services allow appropriate and effective treatment of extremely vulnerable people whose behaviours present a risk to themselves as well as others.

Stoke Care Home Welcomes Dignity Day

February 17, 2010 by SallyPreston

Amberley House in Stoke-on-Trent has chosen Dignity Action Day (25th Feb 2010) to showcase its facilities and services to health and social care professionals.

The home, which opened in April 2009, was the Priory Group’s first care home for older people in England,

Amberley House provides specialist and dementia nursing care in 76 single en-suite bedrooms, finished to the highest standard. There is also a choice of lounges and dining areas and an enclosed landscaped garden.