{"id":363186,"date":"2025-12-21T20:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/363186\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:51:15","slug":"rushden-rehabilitation-centre-fully-reopens-after-earlier-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/363186\/","title":{"rendered":"Rushden rehabilitation centre fully reopens after earlier closure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex PopeNorthamptonshire<\/p>\n

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The centre was shut at the beginning of 2023 but partially reopened in August 2024 with 25 beds<\/p>\n

A rehabilitation centre that closed due to underuse has now fully reopened. <\/p>\n

Spinneyfields Care Centre in Rushden, Northamptonshire, has 51 inpatient beds for people who need support to return home after treatment at Kettering General and Northampton General hospitals. <\/p>\n

The centre was shut at the beginning of 2023 but partially <\/a>reopened in <\/a>August<\/a> 2024 with 25 beds<\/a>. Northampton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) said all beds are now available after a phased reopening since June.<\/p>\n

NHFT praised the teams “who worked hard” behind the scenes to complete the full reopening ahead of the busy winter period.<\/p>\n

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Staff at the centres include doctors, nurses, therapists and healthcare assistants<\/p>\n

The beds were previously run by University Hospitals of Northamptonshire before NHFT took over provision earlier this year.<\/p>\n

In total, there are 19 beds for people experiencing spells of sudden confusion (delirium) and seven that can be used if demand increases. <\/p>\n

Anne Rackham, NHFT’s chief operating officer, said: “Our community hospitals are a really important part of people’s recovery journeys, helping them to regain their health, independence and confidence after treatment in an acute hospital for illness or injury.<\/p>\n

“I’d like to thank everyone behind the scenes who has worked so hard to complete the full opening of our community hospital service ahead of the winter, which is always a busy time for the NHS.”<\/p>\n

The trust said people stay after being referred by a team of healthcare professionals who have carefully assessed their needs.<\/p>\n

Staff at the centres include doctors, nurses, therapists and healthcare assistants, providing therapy and exercise to help patients “regain their strength, fitness and confidence to return home”, the trust added. <\/p>\n

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Staff provide therapy and exercise to help patients<\/p>\n

Anne Rackham, NHFT’s chief operating officer, said: “Our community hospitals are a really important part of people’s recovery journeys, helping them to regain their health, independence and confidence after treatment in an acute hospital for illness or injury.<\/p>\n

“I’d like to thank everyone behind the scenes who has worked so hard to complete the full opening of our community hospital service ahead of the winter, which is always a busy time for the NHS.”<\/p>\n

The trust said people stay after being referred by a team of healthcare professionals who have carefully assessed their needs.<\/p>\n

Staff at the centres include doctors, nurses, therapists and healthcare assistants, providing therapy and exercise to help patients “regain their strength, fitness and confidence to return home”, the trust added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex PopeNorthamptonshire NHFT The centre was shut at the beginning of 2023 but partially reopened in August 2024…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,137,500],"class_list":{"0":"post-363186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}