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17 May 2013 - Update on services at the National Spinal Injuries Centre

The National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) has experienced some changes over the past few months.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is committed to ensuring that we continue to provide high quality, safe care for our patients and develop services for the future.

The team at the NSIC are constantly looking at ways to improve the care and rehabilitation that we provide for our patients, in particular inpatients, enabling them to return home to their families and friends as soon as they are able. The success of the team is evident as our average waiting times have reduced by 38% over the past year, allowing patients to access the care they need more quickly. We recognise that a small number of patients may experience longer waits than expected but we continue to work to reduce these.

The NSIC is fortunate to be located onsite at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, giving us access to additional staff, services and specialties. Whilst we have recently experienced some difficulties in recruiting staff at the NSIC, we have been able to work flexibly across the Hospital, making use of staff and facilities, to ensure that we continue to provide inpatient care for our patients. Although we are experiencing a small reduction in the numbers of beds we have open in the unit, this is temporary and we are actively working with the multi-disciplinary teams to improve our rehabilitation pathway.

We continue to be proud of the services provided at the NSIC and remain committed to working with patients and their families to provide the highest quality of care and rehabilitation.

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• 19 September 2012 - Home of the Paralympics celebrates its winners
• The National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, birthplace of the Paralympics, is proud of the achievements of its former patients who have excelled at this year’s Paralympic games in London.

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• 17 August 2012 - Birthplace of Paralympics celebrated in prime time television documentary
  ‘This is rehab’ follows patients and staff at the Centre, highlighting the incredible journey they face after injury. It was filmed across a number of months over the past year and gives unprecedented access to the Centre for the first time.
  

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• 8 December 2011 - Re-accreditation achievement for National Spinal Injuries Centre
  The National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC), part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, has received a coveted international accreditation of excellence for its care of adults and children with spinal cord injury.
  
  

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• 13 July 2011 - Prince Michael of Kent attends bike ride reception
  
  HRH Prince Michael of Kent attended a fundraising bike ride reception on 12 July at the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC), Stoke Mandeville Hospital, to welcome a team of fundraising motorcyclists on the final leg of their 6,500 mile ride.
  
  

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• 16 May 2011 - NSIC raising awareness of spinal cord injuries
  The National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, as part of the National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness day on Friday 20 May, is holding a number of activities to help raise awareness of spinal cord injuries, including an ‘inspirational’ photographic event.
  
  

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• 20 January 2011 - Paralympic region
  With less than 600 days to go to the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Buckinghamshire County Council is asking people across the county to cast their memories back to help tell the story of how the Paralympic movement started at Stoke Mandeville
  
  

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• 12 September 2010 - NSIC team skydive to enhance sports facilities for patients
  A team of physiotherapists and assistants from the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital will be jumping 13,000 feet out of a plane this Sunday, 26 September, to help raise funds to build a new sport facility in the Centre for patients with spinal cord injuries.
  
  

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• 31 August 2010 - Paralympian Sarah Storey visits the NSIC
  
  Scottish Widows Ambassador for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and
  Paralympic Medal Winner Sarah Storey visited the National Spinal Injuries Centre
  (NSIC) at Stoke Mandeville Hospital on Tuesday 31 August.
  
  

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• 26 April 2010 - Inter-Spinal Unit Games success for wheelchair athletes
  At this year's Inter-Spinal Unit Games, more than 80 competitors from 11 spinal units across the UK tried their hand at a range of sports.

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• 26 May 2009 - Wheelchair athletes shine at Inter-Spinal Unit Games
  More than 100 competitors from 13 spinal units across the UK tried their hand at a range of sports at this year’s Inter-Spinal Unit Games at Stoke Mandeville Stadium.

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• 14 May 2009 - Extra funding increases availability of single-sex accommodation
  The Trust has been given £430,000, which will be used to improve  critical care areas at Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville hospitals and improve the privacy of patients’ bathrooms at the NSIC.

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• 29 Apr 2009 - Hospital staff cycle for charity
  Four staff members are gearing up to cycle from London to Edinburgh and back, to raise money for the Stoke Mandeville Spinal Foundation.

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• 17 Mar 2009 - £300 goes a long way
  Physiotherapy staff at Stoke Mandeville Hospital raised around £300 for Comic Relief on Wednesday with an unusual fundraising ‘drive’.

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• 27 Jan 2009 - NHS spinal injuries centre first in country to win coveted status
  The NSIC has become the first NHS unit in the UK and one of only five in Europe to receive a coveted international accreditation for excellence.

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• 18 Sep 2008 - Paralympics 'truly coming home'
  As the Paralympic flag was handed from China to London in Beijing, celebrations were also under way in
  Stoke Mandeville, Bucks, where the first games for athletes using wheelchairs were hosted in 1948.

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• 17 Aug 2008 - NSIC 25th anniversary
  This summer the NSIC building as it now stands celebrated its 25th birthday and a garden party was held on 17 July 2008 in order to commemorate the occasion.