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REGIONAL REHABILITATION UNIT (RRU) CATTERICK

WO2 (QMSI) S Baker RAPTC

T
his year saw a complete change
to the operational output of RRU
Catterick. This coupled with the
departure of the Major Daly RAMC

and more recently Sgt (SI) Scott Arthur
RAPTC has helped to keep things
interesting. They were replaced by
Major Rob Heagerty RAMC and Sgt (SI)

Danny Duggan RAPTC with the remaining
military contingent being Capt Mat Perkins
RAMC, WO2 (QMSI) Steve Baker RAPTC
and Sgt (SI) Dave Payling RAPTC.

Previously the unit provided a general
injury course for forty ive patients but a
change in the Defence Medical Rehab
Programme saw a shift to regionally

co-ordinated injury speciic courses.
This required a complete rewrite of how
we delivered rehabilitation and came at
a time of high operational surge with 4X
Sgts Payling and Duggan conduct a B&P lesson
deploying on Op HERRICK. This surge
resulted in us having to offer ifty ive
places on our general’s course so the shift managing the long-term downgraded. It achievement given it only took a year to
to injury speciic courses was signiicant. has been achieved by encouraging all key reach the standard. Less notably the

We are now offering a lower limbs, hip and players to work together to one goal. Unit author of this article won the Army Spring
groin and spines course at the RRU. It PD staff have been encouraged to visit Cup Time Trial for 2012.
is still early days since the implementation the local physiotherapy department and
of the course change but preliminary advice has been given regarding realistic In summary, I ind it hard to believe another

feedback is positive and we are most time for rehab training programmes and article for the MBS is being written so
deinitely heading in the right direction.
what patients require with regard to soon as the year has literally passed in the
documentation. This is simple stuff but blink of an eye. 2013 will see the fruits of
Regionally, a collaboration between RRU with all main players on the same page our labour with regard to the courses and
& PCRF Catterick, 4 Brigade SMI and the management has improved markedly Sgt (SI) Dave Payling RAPTC assures me

the rear ops group have seen a marked and the numbers of personnel unable to he will get round to doing that triathlon
change in the communication between the deploy (PUD) is falling.
event he has been training towards for the
rehab services the unit and PD staff. This past eighteen months!
initiative has seen some excellent results On a sporting front Sgt Arthur achieved

and has encouraged the communication selection to represent GB at triathlon for
in all main stake holders in monitoring and
age group athletes. This was a fantastic

Sgt Arthur working Hard