We are delighted to announce that Rebuild’s runner in the 2021 London Marathon, raising funds to help KCH’s limb reconstruction patients on their journey to recovery, is Laura Bond. Laura fully understands the importance of the charity’s work – not only is she a doctor in the NHS herself, but her mum is Debbie Bond, […]
You can watch Sarah’s address on: A Citizens Advice Clinic within a Limb Reconstruction Service (Opens in Vimeo)
In 2009 Kathy suffered a very serious fracture to her right ankle after falling from a horse. The break was so severe that it was touch and go whether or not her leg could be saved. But, under the care of her local hospital, her leg was in plaster for six weeks, and then in […]
Rebuild and Citizen’s Advice Southwark set up weekly clinic to support King’s limb reconstruction patients From October 2019, patients of the limb reconstruction unit at King’s College Hospital (KCH) can access free, confidential, independent and impartial advice and support on all aspects of welfare benefits, employment issues, housing issues and mobility guidance from Citizen’s Advice […]
Fiona Squire, a former limb reconstruction patient, talks with @Kings magazine about how the Mind & Body Programme. My accident irreversibly changed my life. I had hit despair, with no sense of an improving future: no more nursing, dog-walking, or caring for my ill husband. The programme revealed the distress and depression I was carrying […]
I arrived at King’s as a military patient. I had been injured whilst serving on operations. Unfortunately, the vehicle that my team and I were in hit an improvised explosive device (IED)…
On 14 January, 2007, I hit a road sign at 60 mph on my motorbike. According to the discharge notice I suffered: multiple facial fractures…
On 9 February 2003 while in France I broke my right leg in a snowboarding accident. It was a spiral fracture. I broke the right fibula and tibia…
My Mummy hurt her leg and had to wear a frame for a long time. While she was in hospital, it was very strange because Daddy had to take time off work…
My introduction to the Limb Reconstruction Unit came as a result of a medical accident. Over a period of two or three years I had had continual knee problems…