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Services
The Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre
The Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre (located in Wimbledon), is part of the St George's Hospital Regional Neuroscience Centre. The Centre has exceptional staffing and equipment and provides specialist care not available at other hospitals or in the community. It takes referrals from across southwest London and the Home Counties.
The Centre provides specialist neurorehabilitation to patients who require intensive therapy following acquired neurological conditions resulting in physical or psychological disabilities. This includes patients who have had strokes, traumatic injuries to the brain or spine, anoxic brain damage, diseases or infections of the nervous system, and long-term conditions like multiple sclerosis. Services are provided on an inpatient or day patient basis. It also provides a range of assessment and diagnostic clinics and advises on the care of patients who are not accepted to the Centre.
A comprehensive treatment service is provided by multi-disciplinary teams to address patients' needs and maximise their recovery. The teams include nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, speech and language therapists, medical staff and clinical neuropsychologists. The Unit has consultants in neurology, stroke medicine, rehabilitation medicine, neuropsychiatry and clinical neuropsychology, as well as doctors in training. Visiting clinicians include chiropodists, dieticians and pharmacists.
Also based at the Wolfson is the Chronic Pain Service. The Chronic Pain Service offers a range of medical and non-medical interventions for people living with a range of pain problems including musculoskeletal and neuropathic pain. The multidisciplinary team includes consultant anaesthetists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and clinical psychologists, all specialising in chronic pain management.
Our patients
There are 32 inpatient beds and extensive therapy and outpatient areas.
Inpatients are admitted for eight to 12 weeks and follow individually tailored programmes based on goals set by the patient and their family or carers, in collaboration with the treating team. Close liaison is maintained with families, carers and community services, including statutory and voluntary organisations, to help patients' progression from the inpatient setting to the home environment.
Day patient and outpatient services include individual and group cognitive rehabilitation and vocational rehabilitation to get people back to work. Support groups for patients and families are also available.
