Nathalene had a stroke while she was still in the womb and was born with cerebral palsy. This has affected her movements down the left side of her body. Her family and their supporters fundraise for regular month-long constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT), which has helped her regain the use of her left hand. Fundraising for Nathalene’s therapies as well as for accommodation and other costs around the sessions continues. Mum Katie Szekely, 31, from Pentwynmawr, said: ‘We’ve been fundraising…

Artwork has been recently unveiled as part of celebrations to mark a century since the opening of the Rookwood Hospital in Cardiff and as part of the NHS at 70. Rookwood Hospital is a rehabilitation hospital in Llandaff, Cardiff. It is one of only twelve spinal rehab units in the UK. It is also a regional neuro-rehabilitation hospital as well as housing a geriatric day hospital, a geriatric intermediate care facility and a geriatric medicine rehabilitation ward. Rookwood was built…

An international charity with twenty years’ experience bringing the benefits of music therapy to vulnerable people around the world is launching a new pilot project in Newport, South Wales for the first time this month.   Music as Therapy International will train care staff working at the Oaklands centre in Rogerstone, giving them the skills to use music therapy techniques with the children they care for on a daily basis. The children, many of whom have profound multiple learning disabilities…

30th January 2016: Proton Partners International Ltd has welcomed a “pioneering and positive” study published in The Lancet Oncology journal today, showing the significant sparing of damage to critical tissues by the use of protons. Led by Dr Torunn Yock from Massachusetts General Hospital, the study found that proton beam therapy causes fewer severe side effects in treating childhood brain cancer than conventional radiotherapy. Commenting on the study Professor Karol Sikora, Chief Medical Adviser of Proton Partners International, said: “This…