Brighton & Hove Clinic 2016-12-21 Person 3 5 0

If being locked away for a period of time with next to no contact with the outside world or physical exercise sounds appealing then this is the place for you. My father went in for alcohol and gambling issues. I went to visit him a couple of times in the weekend visiting hours on Sunday afternoon and was shocked to see that there were no facilities at all for any kind of exercise except a rear garden which was too cold to use at winter. It was very clear that he was worse than he had of been in the outside world by his behaviour. He was given some new medication that was no longer recommended by the medical profession outside the priory that gave him horrendous side effects. The staff remarked at how well he was doing and i voiced my concerns to no avail. Once leaving he was able to return to a evening two hour group session included in the £15000 fee for the 28 days which involved, so i am told, a group of ex-patients sitting round listening to the problems of the other ex-patients. At the end of the 28 days he was advised to go to AA which he had been in before he decided to go to the Priory, advised to do so as there is no other way...apparently. Since leaving the Priory he has found proper treatment for the issues causing him to abuse alcohol with a certified CAT professional and is doing very well. What a waste of £15000!