Nadia Whittome MP for Nottingham East recently visited the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) to see the facility ahead of it starting to treat patients.
Nadia was hosted by Sandy Walsh, NRC Head of Operations at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and given a full tour of the brand new facilities, including a double-height main gym, robotics suite, and our rehabilitation flats.
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The country’s first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) will implement Ascom’s smart nurse call system to benefit NRC staff and patients.
The NRC is a 70-bed, state-of-the-art specialist rehabilitation centre for NHS patients who have experienced a life-changing illness or injury and will be run and staffed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH).
This collaboration with Ascom aims to enhance patient care, improve staff safety, and streamline clinical workflows.
Today a mother, grandmother and midwife at Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) is returning home in time for Christmas, thanks to the team who have supported her rehabilitation journey after her life changed forever in a freak car accident.
Sonia Meakin, from Spondon, and her husband, Mark, were driving on the M1 motorway to meet friends for dinner when Mark suffered a heart attack and suddenly passed out at the wheel.
From the passenger seat, Sonia managed to steer the car off the M1 carriageway and down the next slip road but couldn’t stop as Mark’s foot was on the accelerator and they crashed.
NRC Director Miriam Duffy was recently presented with the Women Empowerment Award at The Global Gift Gala, having been nominated by Emilia Clarke’s charity SameYou for her dedication to transforming rehabilitation.
SameYou is a charity which supports young brain injury survivors to access the right treatment for them, and therefore has been working closely with Miriam and the NRC for several years. The charity was launched by actress Emilia Clarke and her mum Jenny after Emilia suffered two life-threatening brain haemorrhages while working on the Game of Thrones television series.
A young woman who suffered a life-changing injury in the Smiler rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers, resulting in a leg amputation and years of rehabilitation, has become the latest ambassador to join the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC).
Leah Washington-Pugh was just 17 years old at the time of the incident in June 2015 when two rollercoaster carriages collided, seriously injuring all four of the front row passengers.
Leah had to have her left leg amputated from above the knee and has experienced the full rehabilitation journey, including having a prosthetic fitted and learning to walk again.
Now 27, Leah is a keen advocate for rehabilitation and was delighted to be asked to be an ambassador for the brand-new NRC – a 70-bed rehab facility run by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), which aims to transform rehabilitation in the UK and will be the first of its kind in the NHS.
A mother, grandmother and midwife at Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) has thanked the team who saved her life and are supporting her rehabilitation journey after her life changed forever in a freak car accident.
Sonia Meakin, from Spondon, and her husband, Mark, were driving on the M1 motorway to meet friends for dinner when Mark suddenly felt strange and passed out at the wheel. It was later found he had suffered a heart attack.
Sonia said: “I looked across at Mark, and he had slumped over, his eyes were shut, and the car was out of control with his foot like a dead weight on the accelerator.
The UK’s first National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), staffed and run by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), will not be able to accept its first patients until the new year.
We are working closely with building contractors Integrated Health Projects (IHP) to enable us to move into the NRC as soon as possible in a way that is safe for all our patients.
In the meantime, patients will continue to be treated at Linden Lodge, our specialist neurological 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.
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