Aquatic therapy which helped Denmead man walk again gets praise at Health Service Journal Patient Safety Awards

AN AQUATIC therapy, that helped a man walk again, has been highly commended in a national industry awards.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Nov 2020, 17:39 BST
Screen Grabs from The Solent Difference, Paul Lacey hydrotherapy story Pictured: Paul Lacey going under hydrotherapy.Screen Grabs from The Solent Difference, Paul Lacey hydrotherapy story Pictured: Paul Lacey going under hydrotherapy.
Screen Grabs from The Solent Difference, Paul Lacey hydrotherapy story Pictured: Paul Lacey going under hydrotherapy.

Solent NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have been highly commended at this year’s HSJ Patient Safety Awards for making outstanding differences to patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) - a condition affecting a person’s mobility and breathing.

The therapy helped Paul Lacey from Denmead who was left paralysed two years ago from GBS but the 60-year-old is now able to walk again following the therapy.

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Judges for the awards said: ‘There is evidence that the tool is comprehensive and improved risk management for individual patients using this innovative service.’

Dan Baylis, chief medical officer at Solent NHS Trust, said: ‘Receiving ‘highly commended’ status importantly recognises not only the quality care our staff provide but that our colleagues strive to discover new ways of delivering care no matter how complex patients’ needs are.’

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