Pinderfields Hospital Rehabilitation Service

The Yorkshire Regional Spinal Injuries Unit is based at Pinderfields Hospital, a district general hospital in Wakefield . This 34 bedded unit serves Yorkshire, providing acute care and rehabilitation following spinal injuries for approximately 120 new patients per annum. Specialist services include halo vest for neck injuries, baclofen pump insertion for spasticity, diaphragm pacing and intercostal-phrenic nerve graft and pacing, urological implants (e.g. artificial sphincter), sacral anterior root nerve stimulator implantation, bladder neuromodulation, specialist orthotic devices (e.g reciprocating gait orthosis)

The Neurological Rehabilitation Centre at Pinderfields Hospital is a 12 bedded unit, serving the Wakefield and Pontefract areas. It provides rehabilitation for a variety of different conditions including stroke, traumatic brain injuries, multiple sclerosis, subarachnoid haemorrhage and a number of rarer neurological disorders. It acts as a tertiary referral facility for Dewsbury, Halifax and Huddersfield and occasionally elsewhere, for more complex disability. Out-patient services include general neurological rehabilitation, spasticity clinic, community clinics and MS clinic, Head Injury clinic and Young Adult clinic. A nurse led continence clinic is being set up.

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