Priory Group launches new intranet

The Priory Group, an independent provider of acute and secure mental-health,neuro-rehabilitation and specialist-education services, has launched a new corporate intranet for its 5,000 staff located across the UK.

The bespoke content-management software driving the site synchronizes with the group’s learning-management system. Both were designed and developed by Information Transfer. Staff are notified of, and can launch or book, training relevant to their role directly from the home page. Paul Greensmith, Priory Group chief operating officer, said: “Our new intranet is an internal resource that will become a valuable and enjoyable part of our working lives. We are in a period of exciting external and internal growth. Investing in, and developing, our colleagues is a vital part of this, and the new intranet is key to staff development and communication.”

Priory’s commitment to learning and development features prominently on the new intranet. The learning-management system publishes content to the user’s front page depending on his or her role, while content from the intranet also supports staff-development programs.

Content contributors at each of the Priory’s 45 sites are able to share best practice, news and information about their hospital or school. The system has been designed to make contributing new information and content as easy as possible, and the response from users has been positive. Rose Anderson, one of the more than 80 people who have been trained on building content areas on the intranet, said: “I found the site user-friendly and came away from the training with the knowledge and confidence to update our site.”