Category: General Practice

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.

Priory makes major investment in Roehampton hospital

December 22, 2009 by SallyPreston

Priory Group, the UK’s leading independent provider of mental healthcare, has invested in excess of three million pounds to return its flagship Roehampton hospital to its former splendour.

The magnificent Grade 2 listed building, which was built in the style known as Strawberry Hill Gothic, has undergone extensive external restoration and redecoration. The rendering is being restored and the entire building re-painted in its original colour.

Advice for Depression Sufferers at Christmas

December 8, 2009 by SallyPreston

As millions of us prepare for the festive season, for a minority fun and laughter is the last thing on their minds. For those suffering from depression it can be the very worst time of the year, according to Dr Gowrisunkur consultant psychiatrist from the Priory.

More than 2.9 million people in the UK are diagnosed as having depression at any one time. As many as one in three people will be affected by depression at some point in their lives.

Disease Prevention for Health and Wellness

November 6, 2009 by healthruns

Disease can be described as a situation that occurs if there is an abnormal functioning in any parts of the body. It is a truth that plants and animal can fall sick, but the ones that affects human are more researched and publicised. We have about three categories of human diseases; they are intrinsic, extrinsic and unknown. Health and Wellness are one of the most overlooked things in todays life.