• How Do I Get Referred?
• Who’s on the Rehabilitation Team?
• What Will Happen During My Rehabilitation?
• Admission to NRH
• Wards at NRH
• Facilities at NRH
• Visiting Times
• Patient Support Services at NRH
• Activities for Patients & Families
• Education for Patients & Families
  • Our Brain Injury Programme
  • Spinal Cord System of Care
  • Prosthetic, Orthotic & Limb Absence Rehabilitation
  • Paediatric Family-Centred Rehabilitation Services
  • Patient Advocacy & Liaison Service
• External Support Agencies Based at NRH
• Patient Outcomes
  • Prosthetic, Orthotic & Limb Absence Rehabilitation (POLAR) Patient Outcomes
  • Brain Injury Programme Patient Outcomes
  • Spinal Cord System of Care Programme Patient Outcomes
  • Paediatric Family-Centred Programme Patient Outcomes

Prosthetic, Orthotic & Limb Absence Rehabilitation (POLAR) Patient Outcomes

A total of 92 persons were discharged in 2009 from the POLAR Programme.

The NRH has committed to a programme of continual review of its service delivery. Following on from reviews, it implements various improvement plans.

During 2009, the areas considered were:

Average Waiting Time for Admission

The average waiting time for admission to the POLAR Programme during 2009 was 48 days for the year as a whole. However, as the year progressed, waiting time became shorter and by the last quarter 2009, the waiting time was approximately 20 days.

Improvement Patients Made in their Functional Ability During Their Stay

For patients admitted to the POLAR, a measure of independence is taken at both admission and discharge. In 2009, this measure illustrated that 71% of patients showed improvement, with a further 25% retaining their independence level.

Average Length of Stay

The Average length of stay for patients in the POLAR Programme in 2009 was 43 days.

Discharge to Home*

90% of patients were discharged to home in 2009.

* Rather than back to Acute hospital or residential care.