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Health Minister and MP for Charnwood, Edward Argar, has visited the Stanford Hall Rehabilitation Estate to hear about the plans for the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) and see the proposed site with NRC Programme Director Miriam Duffy.
I passionately believe that after serious injury or disease, good clinical rehabilitation is absolutely vital to achieving a satisfactory quality of life, whatever your age. I’m 72 now and was a spritely 66 when I experienced this first-hand.
This beautiful summer weather we have in the UK right now has given me the opportunity to get out on my bike again with friends and family. However it also allows me to look back at my rehabilitation over the last 4 years, how fortunate I am to ride again and also how rehabilitation can be improved.
I regularly say to people “everyone owns a body and can do what they like with it – but if it goes wrong, there are things that will make a big difference to getting it back”.
That’s what rehabilitation is. Getting back to one’s full potential after serious injury or illness.
As a major trauma surgeon, I’ve seen many people who have suffered from serious injury or illness over the years. My team does an excellent job operating on and saving people, and we’re incredibly proud of that. However, there’s nothing more rewarding than seeing a trauma patient rebuild their life following a serious accident and get back to work, university or college.
Thanks for saving my life, now what?
If you have a serious accident, the NHS will be brilliant at your time of utmost need. A&E is fantastic, trauma teams are highly skilled and specialised, resources are there and the system works. But once your life has been saved, what’s next in terms of your longer-term recovery? It’s a hard question to answer.
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