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Limbless Association accolade for Seacroft Hospital The prosthetics and orthotics team at Seacroft Hospital in Leeds has beaten off fierce national competition to be named the Disablement Service Centre (DSC) of the Year. This is the third time Seacroft has independently been voted as the best centre by a national charity. The Limbless Association Prosthetic and Orthotic Awards 2013 honoured outstanding achievers across the country with teams, industry professionals and inspirational individuals recognised. The winners were presented with the awards by Eric Ollerenshaw MP at a prestigious ceremony in the Houses of Parliament. A contributing factor to the achievement was the Pectus Carinatum Brace developed by Alex Callaghan, Principal Orthotist for RSLSteeper. The innovative chest compressor improves the physical appearance of the “pigeon chest” deformity and greatly improves the psychological well-being of teenagers’ perception of their own body image. As well as picking up the “DSC of the year” award, the highly renowned specialist prosthetic team also saw Leedsbased ‘trail blade runner’, Phil Sheridan,
who they have supported for several years, collect an individual “award for inspiration” for his contribution to prosthetic awareness. Mark Davies, Rehabilitation Services Director for RSLSteeper, said: “We have many wonderful individuals in the team who enable us to provide the innovative services we are acclaimed for. To achieve this accolade three times is a tremendous honour for all of them. This clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of working in partnership with the Trust to achieve improvements in patient care.” Nancy Rhodes, Head of Specialist Rehabilitation Services for LTHT, said: “We work in partnership with RSLSteeper in providing a fully integrated and holistic patient pathway that best meets individual patients’ needs. Our focus and drive has always been to continually improve patient service. We are now winning plaudits from all over the country and this award is a further indication of the remarkable progress our team at Seacroft Hospital continues to achieve.”
Prize-winning team: Some of the Seacroft Hospital staff celebrate their award
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DVD launched for new patients The Specialist Rehabilitation Centre at Seacroft Hospital has also just produced a DVD for current and future users of its wide range of services. It consists of a film of just over 17 minutes, which is also available in eight “bite size” episodes covering a general introduction and information on aspects of the service the team provides. These include prosthetics, orthotics, wheelchairs, psychology, upper limb/ occupational therapy as well as physiotherapy. Newly referred patients are likely to find the DVD particularly helpful and it will also help patients who are considering moving from other centres make an informed choice as well as showcasing the holistic approach offered by the centre. The DVD is also available in its entirety on You Tube by searching under Leeds Specialist Rehabilitation Centre and individual episodes can also be viewed there.