Great Ormond Street Hospital Senior Physiotherapist
Nicola BurnettThe Duchenne Research Fund has awarded a grant to Great Ormond Street Hospital to establish a dedicated non-ambulant clinic at the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre. The grant supports the post of Senior Physiotherapist Nicola Burnett (pictured), who had been part of the neuromuscular physiotherapy team at GOSH for two years prior to taking up this role. She previously worked at UCH in London and St. George’s Hospital in Tooting before working for 17 years in a paediatric community post in Kent where she was the paediatric lead for neuromuscular conditions.

Clinical post
£44,000
Funded in 2019-22
London, UK

Learn more about the impact of this grant
Since the grant was awarded, we have seen more than 130 patients in this clinic, across more than 500 appointments. We are also looking more in detail into upper limb strength using physiotherapy tools and scales to assess function in the upper body. We are keen to further develop this new clinic and make it a permanent part of the service we provide at GOSH, and further improve the care we provide to our young patients and their families. Crucially we were able to continue this service throughout the pandemic, whether in person or virtually.
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