The Integrated Neuro Rehabilitation Team provides specialist interdisciplinary neuro rehabilitation for adults with a confirmed neurological diagnosis and ongoing rehabilitation goals.
Our specialist team includes Consultants in Rehabilitation Medicine, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Psychologists, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Nursing staff and Rehabilitation Support Workers.
We provide goal-directed neuro rehabilitation across inpatient and community settings. Rehabilitation programmes are tailored to individual goals and may include one-to-one therapy, group sessions, virtual rehabilitation and self-directed programmes supported by carers where appropriate. The length of rehabilitation will depend on an individual’s goals and changes made throughout the rehabilitation journey.
Inpatient neuro rehabilitation is delivered at Rakehead Rehabilitation Centre, a 17-bed purpose-built unit at Burnley General Teaching Hospital. This includes a rehabilitation flat where patients close to discharge may stay to simulate returning to their home environment The service promotes a 24-hour rehabilitation approach, supporting patients to maximise independence and prepare for discharge. Please contact the ward for up to date visiting times.
Community neuro rehabilitation is available to patients registered with a Pennine Lancashire GP and is delivered in a range of settings including patients’ homes, outpatient clinics, care facilities and via virtual appointments. The community team promote patients' independence through providing rehabilitation programmes to patients/ carers and families which can be carried out between treatment sessions (this develops a self-management approach).
Inpatient referrals are made by the current treating hospital team. Community referrals can be made by a GP or another health or social care professional.
Address: Rakehead Rehabilitation Centre, Burnley General Teaching Hospital, Burnley BB10 2PQ
Inpatient Team telephone number: 01282 804822
Community/Outpatient Team: 01282 803757 (8am – 4pm Monday – Friday.)
Email: rakeheadcommunityneurorehab@elht.nhs.uk (Community Team only)
If you would like any further information or support, then please find the links below to wider support agencies
· Carers Link Lancashire
(Support unpaid carers across the boroughs of East Lancashire)
https://www.carerslinklancashire.co.uk/
· Headway – the brain injury association
· FND Hope (Functional Neurological disorder)
https://fndhope.org/about-fnd-hope/fnd-hope-uk/
· Spinal Injuries Association
· Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), CIDP, MMN, and other Inflammatory Neuropathies