PRIORY APPOINTS CARE HOME MD
1/2/10
The Priory Group has appointed Sharon Butler as managing director of its care homes division. Sharon will drive the company’s ambitious growth plans in the elderly care sector.
Sharon brings a wealth of experience to the position in both operational and planning roles. She worked within the two largest care home groups, Four Seasons Health Care and Southern Cross Healthcare, before joining Island Construction as projects manager with responsibility for commissioning new care homes in Northern Ireland.
Priory Group is the UK’s leading independent provider of mental healthcare. It opened its first care home for older people in Belfast in 2009 and has subsequently opened three homes in England with a number more due to open during 2010.
Priory Group also has specialist care homes for adults under 65 years providing neuro-rehabilitation and nursing care for people with complex physical needs.
Sharon Butler said: “The challenges involved in establishing the Priory Group as a leading provider of care for older people are very exciting. We are moving forward with our growth strategy and establishing a significant number of new homes. The service delivered needs to be a consistently high quality and we expect Priory Group to lead the way in the provision of care.
“The experience the Priory Group has in mental health, complex and long term care transfers very well into older people’s services. People are now living longer and have more complex needs and associated health issues that we have the experience to care for. We are building on our already strong and established areas of expertise and offering an even more comprehensive range of facilities for service users.”
Matthew Franzidis, chief operating officer of the Priory Group said: “We are making significant investments in older people’s services over the next few years. Sharon’s expertise and experience will enhance our management team and help drive forward our ambitious expansion plans.”
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The Priory Group is the UK’s leading independent provider of acute mental health services, secure and step-down services, specialist education, complex care and neuro-rehabilitation services, working in partnership with the public and independent sectors.
Priory's acute psychiatric hospitals offer a comprehensive range of successful, evidence-based inpatient, outpatient and day patient treatment programmes and therapy services for a wide variety of mental health issues, including depression, addictions, eating disorders and child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).
Priory Secure Services is a specialist provider of secure mental health services working in partnership with the NHS.
Priory's complex care hospitals and neuro-rehabilitation centres treat people with enduring mental and physical illnesses, restricted mobility and challenging behaviours that are often the result of organic, degenerative or neurological problems and whose needs cannot be met in conventional environments. Priory's neuro-rehabilitation centres care for people with a wide range of acquired or progressive neurological disorders, including brain injuries and illness, spinal injuries, brain haemorrhages and stroke.
Priory Education Services is the UK's leading independent provider of specialist education and care for children and young people aged four to 35 with Asperger's Syndrome (AS), autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) and specific learning difficulties associated with dyslexia.
The Priory Group is developing a range of high quality care homes offering long-term, short-term and respite nursing care for older people who are physically frail or suffering with dementia related disorders.