The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) is proud to announce that a research team led by Dr Jessica Richmond (ST3 Rehabilitation Medicine, NRC), Professor Manoj Sivan (Clinical Research Lead, NRC, and Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Leeds), Dr Javvad Haider (Head of Service, NRC) has been awarded the prestigious BSPRM Research Grant 2025.The funded project, 'A feasibility study on the use of vagal nerve stimulation for chronic autonomic dysfunction after traumatic brain injury', will investigate the potential of non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) as a novel treatment approach for patients experiencing long-term autonomic dysfunction after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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Plans have now been finalised to enable the nation’s first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), to share facilities and learning with the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) – both located on the Stanford Hall Rehabilitation Estate (SHRE) near Loughborough.
This ‘landmark’ agreement will enable patients at the NRC to attend the DMRC facility to utilise their facilities such as their full hydrotherapy suite, an advanced gait lab and a high-tech virtual reality rehabilitation suite.
The sharing of facilities and learning across both sites has always been the plan for the groundbreaking rehabilitation estate, established by the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC) Programme and facilitated by the Black Stork Charity. Therefore, the DMRC and the NRC were designed together so that expensive facilities, such as hydrotherapy pools, were not duplicated.
The final three appointments to senior leadership roles for the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) have officially been made ahead of the facility receiving its first patients later this Autumn.
The NRC is a 70-bed, purpose-built rehabilitation centre for people who have experienced a life-changing illness or injury. It is based on the Stanford Hall Rehabilitation Estate near Loughborough, already home to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC), and will be staffed and run by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH).
With just a couple of months before the first patients come through the doors, these final appointments to the team are critical to support the success of the pioneering NRC from Day 1.
A successful trial which saw tracking of equipment across the current rehabilitation unit at City Hospital in Nottingham will now be rolled out at the National Rehabilitation Centre ready for its first patients.
The real time location services technology will be provided by Kontakt.io and will help to enhance staff and patient safety, as well as making it easier for staff to find equipment quickly, from Day 1 of the state-of-the-art NRC opening its doors.
The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), which will open to its first patients later this year, is delighted to announce the three British artists who have been selected to create the bespoke feature artwork for the new centre.
The NRC is a 70-bed, purpose-built rehabilitation centre for people who have experienced a life-changing illness or injury, and will be staffed and run by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
North Shields duo Sum Place, comprising lead artist Colin Davies and creative producer Nic Quinn, have been commissioned to create the suspended sculptural piece for the double-height main atrium of the centre.
Meanwhile Anthony Donnelly – aka Hood - from Urban Canvas has been commissioned to create murals in the main dining room and quiet rooms throughout the building.
A blind Paralympic legend who both competed as a swimmer and led the 2012 ParalympicsGB has been appointed as an ambassador for the new NHS National Rehabilitation Centre.
Tim Reddish CBE, from Nottingham, won five medals at three Paralympic Games between 1992 and 2000, before going on to chair the British Paralympic Association and sit on the International Paralympic Committee.
Amongst his long list of accolades, Tim is also a Deputy Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire, Freeman for the City of Nottingham, has been inducted into the England Swim Hall of Fame, and was awarded an MBE, an OBE and then a CBE for Services to Sport.
New lighting in schools, refurbishing a local wellbeing centre, creating crisis packs and wellbeing bags, running education events and donating almost £60,000 to community causes are some of the ways that the construction company building the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) have delivered social value to the local area.
The construction of the 70-bed purpose-built rehabilitation centre near Loughborough is being carried out by Integrated Health Projects (IHP), a joint venture between Sir Robert McAlpine and VINCI Building, and investing in the local community has been high on their priorities since the beginning of the programme.
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