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Putney Royal Hospital lands Bupa fund 7 September 2006 The Royal Hospital for neuro-disability has received almost £200,000 from Bupa to allow it to further the understanding and development of care for people with serious disabilities. The £197,741 cheque, which was presented in a ceremony last week, will be used over three years to fund a greater understanding and foster the development of care for people with complex neurological disabilities, including Huntington’s disease and multiple sclerosis, in care homes. The Royal Hospital at Putney is an internationally recognised specialist centre of excellence for the management of their patients and has contributed extensively to the development of understanding and care of these conditions. The cheque was presented by Dr Clive Bowman, medical director of Bupa Care Services and Angie Adriaanse and Diane James from Bupa’s Heathland Court Care Centre in Wimbledon to Professor Keith Andrews, director of the Institute of Neuropalliative Rehabilitation at the hospital. Dr Clive Bowman said: “There is often a tension for people with neurological disabilities between living in a major specialist unit distant to family and friends or being close to home in less specialist settings. “This project will help people receive the best possible quality of care where they live. It is an ambitious three year project that we expect to make a long-lasting contribution to the care of complex neuro-disability patients in care homes.” Professor Keith Andrews, director of the Institute of Neuropalliative Rehabilitation said: “This generous donation from Bupa will allow the hospital to appoint an International Fellow in nursing of people with complex neurological disabilities to its Institute of Neuropalliative Rehabilitation. “This exciting new post will develop training programmes and specialist university courses for nurses working with severely disabled people. Recognising this specialism within nursing will help to improve care for this patient group and enable nurses working in the field to develop new specialist skills.” In 2002 there were 260,000 adults in nursing and residential homes in the UK. Of these, about 10,000 were under the age of 65 years and were physically/sensorily disabled people, according to the Department of Health.
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