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DMRC Headley Court: Medical Equipment

Asked by Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)Ministry of DefenceTabled Answered 25 July 2024UIN 363

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the extent to which medical equipment that was used at Headley Court Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre has been repurposed since that centre's closure.

Answered by Al Carns

The table below provides a breakdown of the medical equipment from Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) Headley Court that was either transferred to another Defence location, or relocated to DMRC Stanford Hall, as it was still serviceable.

Equipment transferred from DMRC Headley Court

Number

Ice machine

1

Wet bulb globe test (WGBT)

3

Continuous passive motion system

1

Sling suspension

1

Standing frame

2

Neuro stimulator

1

Doppler

2

Dynamic compression system

1

Functional electrical stimulation device (FES)

11

FES bike

1

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)

4

Handheld NMES

11

Infusion pump

2

Pressure testing system

1

Socket tester

1

Soft tissue mobiliser

1

Tilt table

1

Water bath

2

Parallel bars

5

Sitting scales

1

Targeted negative pressure device

1

Image intensifier

1

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