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The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) was established in July 1854 at a meeting held at the Mansion House, chaired by the Lord Mayor of London.The hospital's founder, Andrew Reed, had a record as a practical philanthropist, having previously set up four other charities, and Charles Dickens, the celebrated author, was one of the first high-profile figures to show his support by helping ...
The Stroke Association provides a wide range of Stroke Support services to meet the needs of stroke survivors and carers across the UK.Services include the Stroke Recovery Service, Communication Support Service, Emotional Support Service, Exercise-based Rehabilitation Service, Post Stroke Review service, and Caring and You; which helped over 58,000 stroke survivors across the UK in 2016-17.
Kessler Foundation, established in 1985, [1] [2] is a nonprofit in the field of rehabilitation research for people with disabilities. [3] Kessler Foundation has its roots in the Kessler Institute, [1] founded in 1949 to improve medical outcomes and employment of people disabled by brain or spinal injury. [4]
Feldon Ward, which was refurbished for use as a state-of-the-art stroke unit, re-opened in 2006. [4] Campion and Chadwick Wards, which form the core of the new rehabilitation hospital, were similarly refurbished and officially opened by the Princess Royal on 29 January 2015.
The hospital was built at a cost of £32 million and was officially opened by Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay in March 1993. [1] A six-bedded stroke rehabilitation unit opened in 2007. [2]
The hospital houses a diagnostic treatment centre, several specialist outpatient clinics, two operating theatres, two endoscopy suites, medical and surgical day units, a medical unit including stroke rehabilitation and a surgical ward.
The samples were used to test a new treatment for brain diseases on which the surgeon was joint owner of the patent. [9] The hospital has been criticised for not offering treatments available in the United States. [10] [11] In 2015 it was named by the Health Service Journal as the second best acute specialist trust to work for. At that time it ...
A major trauma centre (MTC) is a specialist unit within the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, set up to provide specialised trauma care and rehabilitation. They are usually found within larger hospitals in major cities which have the necessary infrastructure and staff to deal with major trauma cases.