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.

Internally, the 101 bedrooms have been refurbished to an extremely high standard, which is being replicated across all the Priory hospitals. New soft furnishings and an attractive colour scheme, which promotes well-being, have been incorporated in the designs.

Priory has worked closely with the London Borough of Wandsworth during the renovations. The organisation, together with English Heritage, has been central in providing advice and guidance to enable the building to be meticulously restored to its original condition.

The Priory Roehampton was built in 1811 as a private home and turned into a hospital in 1872. It is London's longest established independent psychiatric hospital and has been in continuous operation since its launch in 1872, when Dr. William Wood moved his patients from Kensington to Roehampton. Dr. Wood was a psychiatrist of great distinction at a time when there were no specific treatments for severe mental illness.

Priory Roehampton has the expertise and experience to treat most psychiatric conditions. These include depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive states, schizophrenia and all major acute psychiatric illnesses.

The service specialises in addiction treatment for substance and behavioural dependency, such as alcohol, drugs, gambling, relationships and shopping.

The eating disorder service provides effective programmes for the successful treatment of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other related conditions.

Matthew Franzidis, managing director of the Priory Group said: “This is a magnificent and beautiful building, which we are pleased to have been able to sympathetically renovate and improve. The exterior of the building has been returned to its former grandeur and we are very proud of the results.

“The needs of 21st century healthcare and our patients are very different to those when the hospital was first opened. This has been reflected in the work carried out inside the hospital updating the patient facilities.”

Permalink