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