Speakers

Rebekah Cresswell is Chief Executive Officer of Priory, the UK’s leading independent provider of mental health services and specialist residential adult care services. She has a Nursing Degree from the University of Liverpool, and a Masters in Health Service Management from Manchester Business School. She has held senior managerial roles across the UK healthcare sector, including as Head of Governance & Quality Improvement at NHS Stockport and then as Assistant Director of Clinical Quality & Patient Safety at NHS Northwest Strategic Health Authority. Rebekah joined Priory in 2012 and became Chief Operating Officer of its Adult Care division in 2018 where she led 240 sites across the UK. She was appointed Priory’s first female CEO in November 2021 following Priory’s merger with MEDIAN, one of Europe’s leading providers of high-quality mental health and medical rehabilitative services.

Pathways for People with Complex Autism from Hospital to Care Home to Supported Living

• The impact of the Transforming Care Programme on the development and delivery of adult care for people with complex autism
• Creating specialist residential care facilities and supported living placements that enable effective pathways
• How Priory supports people with complex needs to move out of hospital and live meaningful lives in community-based settings