Case Studies

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is one of only three dedicated children’s hospital trusts in the UK and provides integrated healthcare for children and young people, including community and mental health care as well as acute and specialist services.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest trusts in the country, geographically, providing services to more than half a million people.

Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH) employs over 17,000 staff, and delivers care to 4.5 million people from across the East Midlands and nationally

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of approximately 330,000 people across Stockton, Hartlepool and parts of east Durham.

Working within adult mental health, in-patient services for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust, the Exercise Therapy Service provide physical activity opportunities for all and a structured exercise programme for those who have a physical or mental health need and/or specific exercise related goals.

Pregnancy provides an exciting opportunity to influence positive lifestyle changes. The multiple contacts with health care professionals in this period offer a unique opportunity to facilitate behaviour change.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVI) is a minimally invasive treatment for Aortic Stenosis. It provides a safer alternative to open-heart surgery, offering reduced risks and quicker recovery for suitable patients.

The Oxford Centre for Enablement is a specialist referral centre with a prosthetics workshop and physiotherapy gym. Multidisciplinary teams provide lifelong outpatient rehabilitation for individuals needing prosthetic limbs.

More than a third of the UK population now lives to the age of 85, with up to half of adults in that group estimated to become frail in the last 10 years of their lives, and the numbers keep increasing.