The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) is a medical charity providing national, regional and local specialist assessment, rehabilitation treatment and care for adults with acquired brain injury, primary and progressive neurological disease including demyelinating and hereditary causes, and spinal cord disease. This includes those in a vegetative state or another low level of awareness, as well as those with high awareness but complex physical disability such as in locked-in syndrome. We also care for people who are completely aware but dependent upon mechanical ventilation.

While this may prove problematic for other service providers, our specialist knowledge and experience enables us to respond to the immediate and enduring needs of this specific client group. We aim to work in partnership with the NHS and local authorities in order to contribute to the different stages of each individual’s care pathway.

We offer a range of rehabilitation, respite, transition to community and community support services, as well as longer term care including ventilator services and the UK’s largest specialist service for advanced Huntington’s disease. A balanced mix of clinical, social and recreational care lies at the heart of our innovative approach to disability management. Our emphasis is always on individual goals and enabling choice, control and independence. This is what makes the extraordinary difference that ensures our patients and residents are free to lead as full and productive lives as possible.

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• the conditions we work with
• clinical services at the RHN
• past and present research at the RHN
• admissions and placements