Experts in rehabilitation have joined forces to improve the outcomes for people with long-term disabling conditions including spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and persistent pain.
Launched today by the Minster for Health and Ambulance Services Cameron Dick, The Hopkins Centre – Research for Rehabilitation and Resilience brings together almost 150 senior clinicians and researchers from Metro South Health and Griffith University, to produce impactful research in disability and rehabilitation.
“Rehabilitation is an essential part of a person’s healthcare journey and should be seen as an essential component of an integrated health system,” Mr Dick said.
“The distinguishing feature of the Queensland health system is that it never gives up—not on people, not on the conditions that afflict them, not on finding better ways to treat them.
“The Hopkins Centre will make an important contribution to that tradition, and the partnership it formalises between Metro South Health and Griffith University will promote and support