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Rehabilitation Matters: How the National Rehabilitation Centre can be a flagship for the UK

Rehabilitation Matters is a series of stories and perspectives from people who care about effective clinical rehabilitation and the benefits it provides. Here, Dr Manoj Sivan, National Advisor to the NRC and President of the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (BSPRM), shares his thoughts on how the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) can be …

The humble hearing aid versus giant Dementia

The Lancet Commission reports published in 2017 and 2021 have highlighted hearing loss as a major risk factor for dementia. Tom Dening, Clinical Professor in Dementia Research, has enthusiastically worn hearing aids since September 2022. Encouraged by the reports, here he discusses the limitations and the positive messages within them and what this means for …

Rehabilitation Matters: Great rehabilitation encompasses the physical, emotional and psychological

Rehabilitation Matters is a series of stories and perspectives from people who care about effective clinical rehabilitation and the benefits it provides. Rick Harrington, National Rehabilitation Centre Engagement Coordinator at the University of Nottingham, explains why great rehabilitation comes from having an holistic approach.  I joined the University of Nottingham just a few months ago, …

The transformative power of animations for youth mental health

In the pandemic, Professor of Health Humanities Paul Crawford led a team of researchers and clinicians in a project titled ‘What’s Up With Everyone?’. This was in collaboration with Academy-award winning animators Aardman (Shaun the Sheep, Wallace & Gromit, and Chicken Run). Here, he talks about the transformative power of creative industries to better help …

Rehabilitation Matters: Revolutionising rehabilitation around the globe

Rehabilitation Matters is a series of stories and perspectives from people who care about effective clinical rehabilitation and the benefits it provides. In this guest blog, Dr Ishara Dharmasena, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow and Lecturer at Wolfson School, Loughborough University, explains how the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) could help to revolutionise rehabilitation around …

Rehabilitation Matters: R&D and innovation have an enormous role to play in rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Matters is a series of stories and perspectives from people who care about effective clinical rehabilitation and the benefits it provides. In this article, Dr Andrew Capel, Research Associate at Loughborough University, writes about the opportunity for the UK to be a world-leader in rehabilitation – and how R&D and innovation have an enormous …

Rehabilitation Matters: Neurosurgery and the National Rehabilitation Centre

Rehabilitation Matters is a series of stories and perspectives from people who care about effective clinical rehabilitation and the benefits it provides. Here, Alex Leggate, Consultant Neurosurgeon and Neuro-trauma Lead for the East Midlands, explains how the National Rehabilitation Centre presents an opportunity to be faster, more effective and more successful with treatments for complex …

Rehabilitation Matters: Research, application, impact

Rehabilitation Matters is a series of stories and perspectives from people who care about effective clinical rehabilitation and the benefits it provides. Professor Pip Logan, Professor of Rehabilitation Research and Occupational Therapist, University of Nottingham, is passionate about how innovative research can shape patient outcomes following serious injury or illness.  I’ve spent a career working …

Rehabilitation Matters: Thought and emotion in rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Matters is a series of stories and perspectives from people who care about effective clinical rehabilitation and the benefits it provides. The latest article by Dr Rob Stephens, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at Nottingham University Hospitals, looks at the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to rehab and why patients’ emotional and cognitive needs are just …

Rehabilitation Matters: Transforming the face of rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Matters is a series of stories and perspectives from people who care about effective clinical rehabilitation and the benefits it provides. Starting with this article by the National Rehabilitation Centre’s (NRC) Programme Director Miriam Duffy, the series includes viewpoints from patients, clinicians, surgeons, academic partners and others. I don’t know Jack Willis, the 24-year …