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Send us your comments"My elderly and progressively disabled mother has just spent the last 10 weeks in Ward 3 at Walkergate Hospital. The care that the fantastic staff on this ward provided was superb. They preserved her dignity, supported and valued us as a family through a really difficult time." Mrs CD
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rehabilitation
The process of allowing people who have had a serious injury, illness or surgery to recover and regain strength, skillls and function.
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Rehabilitation
Inpatient rehabilitation is provided at Walkergate Hospital, for patients from the east of the city, who have ongoing rehabilitation needs to maximise their function following acute illness.
The service works in close collaboration with other rehabilitation services including those at:
- the Campus for Ageing and Vitality at the former Newcastle General Hospital site, based on Wallington and Cragside Wards (for those living in the west of the city)
- the NHS Continuing and Respite Care Services at Park House,
- Hillfield and Wheatfield Court Nursing Homes andÂ
- the Rehabilitation and Intermediate Care Services run by Newcastle Primary Care Trust.
