Accessing rehabilitation

There are 12 specialist NHS Spinal Cord Injury Centres across the UK, which are dedicated to the
management and rehabilitation of spinally-injured individuals. They are;

London & the South East

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
The London Spinal Cord Injury Centre
Stoke Mandeville
National Spinal Cord Injury Centre

South West

Salisbury
Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre

Midlands

Oswestry
Midlands Centre for Spinal Injuries

Yorkshire

Sheffield Northern General Hospital
The Princess Royal Spinal Injuries Centre
Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield
Regional Spinal Injuries Centre

North West

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital
North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre

North East

Middlesbrough
The Golden Jubilee Regional Spinal Cord Injuries Centre

Wales

Cardiff
Rookwood Hospital

Scotland

Glasgow
The Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injury Unit, Scotland

Northern Ireland

Belfast
Musgrave Park Hospital

Eire

Dublin National Spinal Cord Injury Service
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

As well as NHS Centres there are private centres up and down the country that can offer someone
with a spinal cord injury the necessary rehabilitation they require.
Most units, including private units, accept NHS referrals and may subsequently be funded by the
NHS. There are other possible sources of funding, they include;

Compensation claims
Local Authority
Medical insurance
Self-funding