Elysium Healthcare

Elysium Healthcare is a private provider of mental health services based in Borehamwood, UK. It was launched in December 2016 and combined sites from the portfolio of Partnerships in Care and The Priory Group when they were sold by Acadia Healthcare.[1] It is owned by BC Partners.[2]

Not to be confused with Elysium Health.

It opened the 75 bed Wellesley Hospital at Chelston near Wellington, Somerset in 2017. It cost £20 million to build and will provide medium and low-secure treatment rehabilitation for patients with a broad range of mental health problems. Up to 75 beds at the hospital will be commissioned by NHS England in collaboration with Devon Partnership NHS Trust. The site was previously managed by Partnerships in Care. Elysium Healthcare has taken over ten of their sites.[3]

It bought Badby Park Ltd in April 2017.[4]

It bought up Crossley Manor School in Rainhill from Raphael Healthcare in 2017[5] and later acquired specialist learning disability and mental health provider Lighthouse Healthcare, based in Derbyshire.[6] Its acquisition of London Care Partnership (Supported Living) Limited in July 2018 brought it to more than 60 homes.[7]

In October 2019 it acquired Chalkdown House in Swindon from the Disabilities Trust. This is a 20-bed, neurobehavioural site for people with a non-progressive acquired brain injury.[8]

Performance

The company was fined £500,000 in 2018 because a patient jumped out of a moving vehicle and died. This happened in 2014 when the care was provided by the previous owners, Raphael Healthcare.[9]

Concerns were raised about the facilities opened in 2017 at Wellesley Hospital in Wellington, Somerset by the Care Quality Commission because there was a "high volume" of assaults by patients on staff and other patients.[10]

The Woodhouse Independent Hospital, in Cheadle, which accommodates up to 39 men with learning disabilities, autism, challenging behaviour and patients with sexual offending histories was placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission in September 2019. 90% of ward posts were filled by unqualified support workers and there were insufficient qualified nurses. There was excessive reliance on temporary staff.[11]

References
  1. "Our Services – Overview". Elysium Healthcare. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  2. "Elysium Healthcare cuts loan following rent agreement". Global Capital. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. "New hospital at Chelston set to take first patients". Wellington Weekly News. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. "Neuro-disability care provider The Badby Group is bought by Elysium Healthcare". Care Home. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  5. "Residents objecting to plans for mental health facility at Briars Hey with increased age range". St Helen's Star. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. "Lighthouse deal draws Elysium in". Health Investor. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. "www.healthinvestor.co.uk/.../ShowArticle.aspx?ID=9620". Health Investor. October 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  8. "Elysium Healthcare acquires neurological service". LainBuisson News. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  9. "Care firm fined £500,000 after patient jumped to her death from moving minibus". Nottingham Live. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  10. "Wellesley Hospital: Safety fears at mental health unit". BBC. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  11. "Staff shortage-hit North Staffordshire hospital which treats sex offenders rated 'inadequate'". Stoke Sentinel. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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