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Kirstyn MacRandal pays a visit to the MOD’s rehabilitation centre at Headley Court ON THE MEND


Centre (DMRC) at Headley Court is a premier facility for the rehabilitation of injured service personnel, providing world-class levels of care. First used as a centre for rehabilitation after World War II, Headley Court recently underwent a major renovation, made possible by a generous contribution from the charity Help for Heroes.


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et within beautiful grounds just outside Leatherhead, Surrey, the MOD’s Defence Medical Rehabilitation


The brand new, state of the art facilities now available at Headley Court


– including a 25m swimming pool and gym facilities – were offi cially opened by Prince William on 4 June 2010. Headley Court originally served


only service personnel from the Air Force, but now draws from the ranks of all three services: Air Force, Navy and Army. Supporting a wide range of injuries sustained both on the battlefi eld and on the services’ training grounds, it works to return all injured or seriously ill personnel to full fi tness. DMRC has more than 300 dedicated


military and civilian staff who provide clinical rehabilitation, training and research to achieve optimal military health and fi tness for their patients. This involves the treatment of complex injuries, including those of amputees and brain-injured patients, plus a large volume of work to treat musculo-skeletal injuries. DMRC offers access to a wide range


of on-site specialists: consultants, physiotherapists, remedial instructors, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, social workers, a psychologist and a cognitive therapist. There’s also a dedicated amputee unit, where patients are fi tted with high quality prosthetics and adaptations


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which are tailored on-site to the specifi c needs of the individual. Given the nature of the work


undertaken at Headley Court, you may expect the atmosphere to be sombre, but nothing could be further from the truth. As Prince William said at the opening of the new Help for Heroes complex: “Here reigns courage, humour, compassion and, above all, hope for the future.”


facilities The new complex is an £11m facility


that’s designed to the highest standards throughout. It offers a wide range of facilities including a sports hall with sprung floor, four specialist gyms, consulting rooms, a gait analysis lab, a 25m, five-lane swimming pool and even a spa pool. In the design of the complex, the


unique requirements of the centre have been carefully considered. For example, the pool has a moveable fl oor that allows activities to be carried out at variable depths, helping the physiotherapy staff to adjust their treatment regimes to meet the differing needs of their patients. Headley Court is also equipped


with some highly specialist equipment including a Bod Pod that can accurately


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