Progress has been made on resolving water quality issues in order to enable the country’s first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), run and staffed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and delivered as part of the New Hospital Programme to accept the keys to the building and take its first patients.
Delays to opening the centre stem from an issue with the water quality in the building, which has to meet much higher and more rigorous safety standards for a hospital where patients may be immune-compromised, much higher than in a commercial or domestic setting.
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The NRC has announced that it is partnering with a top-ranked rehabilitation programme in America to enhance rehabilitation services through education, training and research opportunities.
The collaboration is with Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation, part of Advocate Health, and together the organisations will explore initiatives aimed at strengthening services and improving patient outcomes.
Senior colleagues from the NRC, which is run and staffed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), recently joined colleagues from Carolinas Rehabilitation at its state-of-the-art David L. Conlan Center and The Pearl, Charlotte’s health innovation district, a public-private partnership led by Atrium Health, Wexford Science & Technology and Ventas, Inc.
A colleague was invited this week to a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, hosted by His Majesty The King and Queen Camilla, in recognition of her contribution to the NHS and the development of one of the country’s most significant rehabilitation projects.
Sandy Walsh, Head of Operations for the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) programme, attended the royal garden party on Wednesday, 6 May.
The invitation recognises years of work supporting the design and planning for the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), a 70-bed, state-of-the-art specialist rehabilitation centre for NHS patients who have experienced a life-changing illness or injury, run and staffed by NUH due to open this year.
A new partnership between the country’s first National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) and wellbeing company Movementum Natural Health Systems aims to establish post-rehabilitation support programmes for patients leaving the NRC.
The NRC is the first of its kind – a 70-bed, state-of-the-art specialist rehabilitation centre for NHS patients who have experienced a life-changing illness or injury, run and staffed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH).
Movementum Natural Health Systems is a wellbeing company which works to integrate the expertise of the sports science and health and fitness industries, empowering them to play a crucial role in patient recovery and preventative health.
The country’s first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), run and staffed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, now hopes to open in Spring 2026 as work continues on the building’s water system.
Building contractors, Integrated Health Projects (IHP), are still in the process of completing the work on the building’s water system which has still not yet met the rigorous safety and quality standards for the patients who will be cared for at the cutting-edge centre.
In the meantime, patients continue to be treated at Linden Lodge, our specialist rehabilitation unit based at Nottingham City Hospital, and by the same highly-skilled staff who will be transferring over to the NRC once the building is ready.
A specialised converted coach normally used to enable accessible holidays has been deployed as part of practicing transporting patients to the first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) in the country.
The NRC, a 70-bed state-of-the-art specialist rehabilitation centre for NHS patients who have experienced a life-changing illness or injury, will be run and staffed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) when it opens in early 2026.
As 2025 draws to a close and we are on the cusp of opening the doors of the NRC to our first patients, I want to take a moment to celebrate with you all that we have achieved together in the last year.
First and foremost is the establishment of our highly-skilled and talented rehabilitation workforce, without whom none of the life-changing work we do would be possible.
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