• 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

Spinal Cord System of Care Programme Patient Outcomes

In total, 175 persons were discharged in 2009 from the Spinal Cord System of Care (SCSC) Programme. Of these patients, 125 were new admissions, with 58 of these patients having sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury.

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 SCSC Programme during 2009
was 50 days (compared with 70 days waiting time for the previous year).

Improvement Patients Made in Their Functional Ability During Their Stay

For patients admitted to the SCSC Programme, a measure of independence is taken at both admission and discharge. In 2009, this measure illustrated that 77% of patients showed improvement.

Average Length of Stay

The Average length of stay for patients in the SCSC Programme in 2009 was 87 days.

Discharge to Home*

80% of patients were discharged to home in 2009.

* Rather than back to Acute hospital or residential care.