Clinic Les Alpes

Assessed 2026-10-01

Headline basis: Public evidenceThe headline number is the public score, not the extended score., LROAS 1.0.0, edition 2026-10-01

Public-evidence total: 58

The sum of the ten criterion scores, from 10 to 100, using evidence anyone can check, including the clinic's own pages as self-declared statements. For the licence element of C2 only, it can also use an authority ruling held in our sealed evidence room. It is the only number used for the rank.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium. ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: C10.

C1 Client separation and occupancy · 4

Band 4 applies through its second branch: all bedrooms are private en-suite rooms, and clients are brought together daily in group therapy and in a shared restaurant, common rooms, spa, pool and gym, with no scheduling that keeps them apart. That branch needs one confidentiality measure beyond statute, and the published phone and Wi-Fi policy that protects other clients supplies it. Band 5 is not established because no client count of 10 or fewer is published; no bed count is used as a quality signal and no exclusive-use arrangement was established. No contradiction about the occupancy model was found, so no deduction applies.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Sources (6 cited items):

• Clinic Les Alpes: Accommodation in three categories, all with en-suite bathrooms and private balconies; no room or bed count published.
• Clinic Les Alpes: The Mental Health Programme includes daily group therapies alongside daily individual therapy; the Addiction Programme includes group therapy.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Shared common rooms: library, drawing room, study and terrace.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Restaurant with main dining room, breakfast room, outdoor dining area and private dining rooms.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Mobile phone use minimised and prohibited in therapy sessions; Wi-Fi by therapeutic agreement; visitors by appointment.
• telegraph.co.uk: Bylined first-person feature of 11 February 2024, read via a syndicated copy: four-day stay, the writer did not meet other clients for privacy reasons; guarded entrance; luggage checked; separate private entrance for high-profile clients.

C2 Clinical governance and medical cover · 8

Band 8 applies: the Canton of Vaud informative list of hospital establishments (1 January 2024) names the site among establishments with an operating authorisation, and a Medical Director and a Clinical Director are named as physicians. Four further conditions are met: 24-hour medical and nursing cover, with doctors and psychiatrists on call described in bylined reporting of February 2024; detoxification in-house in suites beside the nurses' station; a general practitioner in general and internal medicine on the team; and the hospital-licence route, as the clinic states it is licensed as an inpatient medical hospital. Band 9 needs five further conditions, and the remaining two are missing: there is no accreditation on the CARF or JCI registers and no defined programme for complex psychiatric conditions.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The hospital-licence route rests on the cantonal hospital list and the clinic's own statement; the 2020 cantonal category list places the clinic under Cliniques. If the authorisation proves to be a non-hospital category, this condition fails and the criterion drops to band 7.
• No named escalation hospital is published.

Sources (20 cited items):

• vd.ch: Cantonal informative list of hospital establishments, Vaud, 1 January 2024 edition: the site is listed among Vaud establishments with an operating authorisation and not on the LAMal list.
• vd.ch: Cantonal list of establishments by category, November 2020: the clinic appears under Cliniques, CTR et division C.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Licence page: licensed by the Department of Health and Social Action of the Canton of Vaud as an inpatient medically licensed hospital, permitting medically controlled full detoxification with 24 hour medical and nursing teams; no licence number.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Team page names a Medical Director and a Clinical Director as physicians, with a psychiatrist and a general practitioner in general and internal medicine also listed.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Detox provided in-house for most dependency drugs; current medication continued until reviewed with the Medical Director and doctors.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Full medical health check in-house: blood analysis, ECG, urine screening, renal, heart function and neurological examination; detox suites beside the nurses' station.
• telegraph.co.uk: Bylined first-person feature of 11 February 2024: doctors, nurses and psychiatrists on call around the clock; in-house detox suites with medical monitoring.
• CARF provider locator (500 mile radius search): Search of CARF provider locator (500 mile radius search). Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: no record found.
• JCI accredited international organizations: Search of JCI accredited international organizations. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: no record found.
• JCI accredited international organizations: Search of JCI accredited international organizations. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: no record found.
• Clinic imprint: Search of Clinic imprint. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (licence category disclosed). Result: no record found.
• Clinic legal page: Search of Clinic legal page. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (licence category disclosed). Result: no record found.
• Clinic data protection declaration: Search of Clinic data protection declaration. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (licence category disclosed). Result: record found: 'our professional activity as a hospital medical institution'.
• Clinic licence page: Search of Clinic licence page. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (licence category disclosed). Result: record found.
• Vaud liste informative des etablissements hospitaliers 2024: Search of Vaud liste informative des etablissements hospitaliers 2024. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (licence class). Result: record found.
• Vaud arrete 832.11.1 liste LAMal (in force 1 Jan 2024): Search of Vaud arrete 832.11.1 liste LAMal (in force 1 Jan 2024). Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (licence class). Result: no record found.
• Zefix firm record Clinique Les Alpes SA (CHE-115.476.369): Search of Zefix firm record Clinique Les Alpes SA (CHE-115.476.369). Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (licence class). Result: record found: purpose 'La société a pour but l'exploitation d'une clinique, dans les locaux de l'Hôtel de Sonloup S.A., ainsi que toutes activités médicales (pour but complet cf. statuts).'.
• BAG Kennzahlen der Schweizer Spitaeler 2024 (data xlsx, sheet KZ2024_KZP24): Search of BAG Kennzahlen der Schweizer Spitaeler 2024 (data xlsx, sheet KZ2024_KZP24). Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (licence class). Result: no record found.
• Detox - Clinic Les Alpes: The clinic's page "Detox" states: At Clinic Les Alpes, patients undergoing detoxification benefit from round-the-clock care provided by doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, and therapeutic staff.
• Psychiatric Care : Comprehensive Mental Health Treatment and Addiction Recovery - Clinic Les Alpes: The clinic's page "Psychiatric Care : Comprehensive Mental Health Treatment and Addiction Recovery" states: Our three in-house psychiatrists collaborate with every one of our clinical departments to oversee your own Individualised Treatment Plan (ITP).

C3 Diagnostic depth on admission · 8

Band 8 applies with seven assessment elements: a psychiatric assessment before admission and an on-site psychiatrist, psychiatric medication management, an in-house medical health check with blood analysis, ECG, urine screening, renal, cardiac and neurological examination, genetic testing as a specialist diagnostic, and a standalone 12-day Assessment Pathway with a complete assessment report. Band 9 needs all but one of the elements including a written multidisciplinary formulation delivered in the residential pathway, which is not published; imaging and neuropsychological testing are also not listed.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Sources (5 cited items):

• Clinic Les Alpes: Psychiatric care includes a psychiatric assessment before admission and an on-site psychiatrist; the full medical health check includes blood analysis, ECG, urine screening, renal, heart and neurological examination, nutritional assessment and genetic testing, completed in-house.
• Clinic Les Alpes: The Addiction and Mental Health Programmes include psychiatric care with medication management, a comprehensive medical health check and extensive physical examinations, an Individualised Treatment Plan and weekly progress meetings.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Assessment Pathway, 12 days: biopsychosocial, psychiatric, psychological, general medical, nutritional, functional movement and complementary assessment, with a complete 360 assessment report and recommended treatment plan.
• telegraph.co.uk: Bylined first-person feature of 11 February 2024: medical assessments on arrival including blood tests.
• Psychiatric Care : Comprehensive Mental Health Treatment and Addiction Recovery - Clinic Les Alpes: The clinic's page "Psychiatric Care : Comprehensive Mental Health Treatment and Addiction Recovery" states: our psychiatrists will utilise internationally standardised diagnostic tools and norms (ICD 11) in any assessment or treatment protocols.

C4 Clinical intensity · 5

Band 5 applies: daily individual therapy with a hand-picked therapist is published, which meets five or more individual sessions a week. Band 6 needs a typical or minimum figure of 1.5 hours a day of one-to-one contact, and no hours, session length or schedule are published; a dedicated clinical team per client is not established. The stay is a 28-day minimum extendable on clinical grounds, so the fixed-package cap does not apply, and the group share of clinical hours is not established.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Sources (4 cited items):

• Clinic Les Alpes: An individual therapist hand-picked from the team works with the client every day in individual therapy, with a co-lead therapist and regular visits from the in-house psychiatrist; daily group therapies in the Mental Health Programme.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Minimum treatment 28 days; staying longer is decided by team consultation based on assessed need.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Medically controlled detox with 24 hour medical and nursing teams.
• telegraph.co.uk: Bylined first-person feature of 11 February 2024: individual psychotherapy with a therapist who spends hours with the writer; no daily figure.

C5 Continuity and aftercare · 6

Band 6 applies with five aftercare elements: a personalised aftercare plan before discharge, the same lead therapist continuing, scheduled psychiatric consultations, an in-person option through the Journey Home Companion and booster stays, and sharing of the assessment report with the client's other providers. Band 7 needs six elements including a defined duration, and support is stated only as up to a year, which is a maximum rather than a defined period.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Sources (4 cited items):

• Clinic Les Alpes: Aftercare: support for up to a year with regular check-ins; clients continue to be supported by their lead therapist; a thorough health check before discharge against the baseline; a worldwide network of psychiatrists, psychologists, coaches and therapists supports the transition.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Programmes include a personalised aftercare plan; the Aftercare Programme lists relapse prevention, ongoing counselling, personal coaches, scheduled psychiatric consultations, an optional Journey Home Companion and booster stays.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Aftercare sustainability plans are developed before discharge.
• Clinic Les Alpes: The assessment report can be shared with the client's other providers.

C6 Admission integrity and commercial conduct · 5

Band 5 applies: a clean sweep with one positive signal, a published price from CHF 60,000 per week with no statement that the fee is negotiable. The clinic's own best-clinic page names no other clinic, so it is not treated as a ranking; the press page links each outlet to its article with no award presented as accreditation, and the llms.txt file is a neutral outline with no instructions addressed to AI systems. No referral-fee position, policy on declining unsuitable admissions or voluntary-admission policy is published, so band 6 is not reached.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The best-clinic page finding rests on a capture of 2026-09-15; a later re-fetch to confirm it was not completed.

Sources (7 cited items):

• Clinic Les Alpes: A self-published best-rehabs page on the clinic's own domain presents the clinic as a premier luxury addiction treatment centre, with no author and no disclosure. It names no other clinic, so it is not scored as a ranking, and it is never cited as independent evidence.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Price from CHF 60,000 per week covering the individualised treatment programme, hospitality and medically supervised detox where needed; no statement that the fee is negotiable.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Press page lists outlets each with a link to the coverage; no award logos and no as-seen-in strip.
• Clinic Les Alpes: An llms.txt file is present: a descriptive outline of services, with no superlatives, rankings or instructions addressed to AI systems.
• clinic and group domains, web search: Search of clinic and group domains, web search. Scope: domains checked cliniclesalpes.com (home, about, licence, story and vision, concept, team, founder message, programmes, therapies, health education and practice, conditions treated, aftercare, families, facilities, main rooms, restaurant, location, accommodation, pricing, FAQ, press, legal.... Result: sweep recorded; outcome per the C6 V elements.
• Addiction Intervention - Clinic Les Alpes: The clinic's page "Addiction Intervention" states: A private rehab center like Clinic Les Alpes, often described as the world's best luxury rehab, is ready to receive people admitted after intervention and does so with the utmost care.
• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions: The clinic's page "FAQ" states: We would like to discuss this with you if you find yourself drawn to such a plan. We may agree but we will always point out the limitations and risks involved.

C7 Transparency toward the client · 5

Band 5 applies after a deduction: five transparency elements are met (fee inclusions and an exclusion, the operating entity Clinique Les Alpes SA with UID CHE-115.476.369, a complaints route to the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, a privacy notice naming the controller with a 10-year retention period, and a statement of regulatory status and exclusions), which gives band 6. One point is deducted because two of the clinic's own pages give different figures for the fee: the pricing page states a floor of CHF 60,000 per week, while a live blog article gives around CHF 180,000 for the 28-day programme. Payment, deposit and refund terms, early-departure terms, a licence number or register link, ownership and inspection results are not published.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The blog page carrying the lower fee figure is not among the linked evidence items.
• The only complaints route named covers data protection; no care complaints route is published.

Sources (7 cited items):

• Clinic Les Alpes: The fee covers the individualised treatment programme and hospitality, including medically supervised detox where needed; medical treatment unrelated to the reason for admission is excluded.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Privacy notice dated 1 December 2023: data controller Clinique Les Alpes SA; personal data generally kept 10 years; technical and organisational protection measures; data protection complaints to the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Imprint: Clinic les Alpes, Route de Sonloup 37, CH-1833 Les Avants.
• uid.admin.ch: UID register: Clinique Les Alpes SA, Aktiengesellschaft, CHE-115.476.369, active, Sonloup sur les Avants, 1833 Les Avants, VAT registered from 1 August 2018.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Licence page: licensed by the cantonal Department of Health and Social Action as an inpatient medically licensed hospital, open to inspection; no number or register link.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Story and vision page: the clinic is described as the result of one man's personal investment; no ownership structure disclosed.
• Learn More About the Clinic Les Alpes Legal Policies: The clinic's page "Learn More About the Clinic Les Alpes Legal Policies" states: Governing Language. All information given on this website was written in English.

C8 Track record and regulator standing · 6

Band 6 applies: no court or regulator outcome naming Clinique Les Alpes SA was found in French and English searches, and bylined first-hand reporting from inside the facility in February 2024 describes premises and care with no adverse finding. The clinic is absent from the cantonal psychiatric-hospital inspection page and the 2022 to 2025 inspection round report, so no statutory inspection is on record, and band 6 is the ceiling without one. The local.ch listing (3 ratings, no text or owner replies) does not meet the review condition.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The court search was incomplete: the federal court search failed and entscheidsuche.ch requires JavaScript.

Sources (12 cited items):

• telegraph.co.uk: Bylined first-person feature of 11 February 2024: an on-site stay describing premises and care, with no adverse finding.
• uid.admin.ch: UID register: Clinique Les Alpes SA active; VAT registration from 1 August 2018.
• local.ch: local.ch listing: 5.0 from 3 ratings, with no review text or owner responses displayed.
• CIVESS, hopitaux de psychiatrie adulte et de l'age avance: Search of CIVESS, hopitaux de psychiatrie adulte et de l'age avance. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (last inspection). Result: no record found.
• CIVESS bilan 2022-2025 (PDF): Search of CIVESS bilan 2022-2025 (PDF). Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (last inspection). Result: no record found.
• general web search: Search of a general web search engine. Scope: "Clinique Les Alpes" OR "Clinic Les Alpes" tribunal OR procès OR condamnation OR plainte. Result: no record found.
• general web search: Search of a general web search engine. Scope: "Clinique Les Alpes" Les Avants Montreux justice OR recours OR permis OR autorisation retirée. Result: no record found.
• general web search (entscheidsuche.ch, bger.ch, vd.ch): Search of general web search (entscheidsuche.ch, bger.ch, vd.ch). Scope: "Clinique Les Alpes SA". Result: no record found.
• bger.ch eurospider: Search of bger.ch eurospider. Scope: "Clinique Les Alpes" (failed). Result: no record found.
• entscheidsuche.ch: Search of entscheidsuche.ch. Scope: "Clinique Les Alpes" (JS only). Result: no record found.
• press and news search: Search of press and news search. Scope: first-hand bylined reporting from inside the facility, last 5 years. Result: record found: The Telegraph, bylined first-person feature dated 11 February 2024, describing a four-day stay, the detox suites, the spa, the arrival assessment and the security measures, with no adverse finding..
• statutory regulator records: Search of statutory regulator records. Scope: inspection history and grades of this site. Result: no record found.

C9 Environment, safety and nutrition · 7

Band 7 is the mean of two sub-scores, 6 for environment and safety and 7 for nutrition, rounded half up from 6.5. Environment meets six elements: on-site clinical rooms and diagnostics, grounds, spa, pool and gym, a 24-hour emergency department about 23 minutes and 18.3 km by road at Hôpital Riviera-Chablais in Rennaz (a Leading Rehabs estimate, destination verified on the hospital's page), named residence roles, family conferences and visits, and the premises on the cantonal list; band 7 needs emergency readiness on site, which with medication policy and self-harm risk management is unpublished. Nutrition meets five elements including a named nutritionist trained in dietetics, a micronutritional assessment, test-based planning, a kitchen working to the plan and cooking classes; band 8 needs a sixth element.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The emergency travel time is derived by the publisher, not published by the clinic.

Sources (11 cited items):

• Clinic Les Alpes: The medical health check is completed in-house and detox suites sit near the nurses' station.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Body Mind Source medical spa with treatment suites, yoga and pilates rooms, gym and pool; grounds, library, drawing room, study and terrace.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Access to the grounds and accompanied excursions per medical assessment; visitors by appointment.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Families are invited to treatment conferences; a family programme runs with family therapists.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Head of Housekeeping, Head of Service, admissions staff and hospitality team named by role.
• telegraph.co.uk: Bylined first-person feature of 11 February 2024: guarded entrance, luggage inspected with alcohol and drugs removed, locks on windows.
• hopitalrivierachablais.ch: Derived by Leading Rehabs, not published by the clinic: about 23 minutes and 18.3 km by road from the clinic to the emergency department of Hôpital Riviera-Chablais in Rennaz, which the hospital's own page describes as open 24 hours a day.
• Clinic Les Alpes: The named nutritionist studied dietetics in Grenoble and holds a university degree in the pedagogy and psychology of eating behaviour from the Faculty of Dijon.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Dieticians work with the medical team to determine each client's micronutritional profile; tests establish requirements and deficiencies and drive tailored supplementation; dieticians collaborate with the Executive Chef on personalised plans.
• Clinic Les Alpes: All clients consult an in-house dietician to create a menu unique to their needs; chefs and dietician work in tandem.
• Clinic Les Alpes: The Mental Health Programme includes nutrition workshops and interactive cooking classes.

C10 Clinical seniority and academic standing · 4

Band 4 applies: fifteen named clinicians count at this site, carried by the licence page statement that all clinical staff hold their own registrations. Relevant specialists are present, but specialist titles rest on the team page alone and the federal health-profession register could not be read, so depth and density stay thin and band 5 is not reached. The score is provisional pending the register lookups.

ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: Clinician register lookups for this criterion were still open at the edition cut-off (see known_gaps). The points count as assessed on the evidence available; the band may change when the lookups are completed, which is resolved in a later edition.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• Fifteen register lookups were not complete at publication; the C10 band may change when they are completed.
• No published bed or client figure was captured; the density figure depends on which capacity is used, though the band holds either way.

Sources (4 cited items):

• Clinic Les Alpes: The team page names a Medical Director, a Clinical Director, a psychiatrist, a general practitioner in general and internal medicine, a Chief Nurse, a Deputy Chief Nurse, five therapists, three art therapists, an equine therapist, a nutritionist and a quality, innovation and research lead.
• Clinic Les Alpes: Licence page: all clinical staff hold their own individual registrations and licences to practise medically and therapeutically.
• vd.ch: Facility licence: the Canton of Vaud informative hospital list, 1 January 2024 edition, names the site among establishments holding an operating authorisation and not on the LAMal list.
• healthreg-public.admin.ch: Register lookup: the federal health-profession register returned an application shell with no results on a plain fetch, so 15 lookups are queued for a browser.