tunbridge wells
hockey club
Horder Healthcare is a
registered charity and a
dynamic and evolving
healthcare organisation
that is truly improving the
health outcomes of the
people in the communities
they serve.
Company representative Charlie Rose
recently took the time to tell us more about
the work they do and also the positive
association that they have with Tunbridge
Wells Hockey Club.
He told us, “As a charity Horder
Healthcare’s key purpose is ‘to advance
health’. We currently achieve this through
providing outstanding orthopaedic and
musculoskeletal (MSK) services from our
hospital, The Horder Centre, in Crowborough
and physiotherapy and MSK from our clinics
in Seaford, Eastbourne and Tunbridge Wells.
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“We have also recently purchased the
Mclndoe Surgical Centre in East Grinstead
which will now be known as The Mclndoe
“We’ve just finished our first season with
Centre, part of Horder Healthcare. It is our
Tunbridge Wells and we’re signed up for two
intention to introduce orthopaedic and MSK
more. We get behind all the teams; men’s,
services from early 2016.
ladies and juniors, at all levels.
“Our ambition is to continue to extend our
“Whilst we have hospitals in Crowborough
reach, to identify the healthcare needs within
and East Grinstead we also have
communities and work collaboratively
very busy outreach centres in
with others in an integrated way
Seaford, Eastbourne and
to provide much needed
Tunbridge Wells - offering
healthcare services. We
“From our point of view
physiotherapy and nonare also exploring how
surgical MSK treatment.
we can work with people
we get the opportunity to
We therefore feel we
to be as healthy as
be associated with a well
have a vast amount
they possibly can,
of expertise to offer
given their personal
respected local sports club
Tunbridge
Wells
circumstances,
and
and have the satisfaction of
Hockey Club to keep
where
possible
prevent ill health. As
seeing the results of our physio all the players in peak
condition throughout
a charity we have no
treatment
transfer
on
to
the
the
hockey season.
shareholders and can
therefore reinvest any
pitch.”
“As an organisation that
surplus money we generate
supports healthy living in
to benefit more people and
the local communities that we
achieve our purpose and vision.
serve, the opportunity to develop
“Horder Healthcare celebrated its
a working relationship with a prominent
60th birthday last year and we have come a
local club encourages local people to not only
remarkably long way in the treatment of MSK
keep active but perform to their full potential
conditions in that time. This year our MSK
playing a sport that they love.
physiotherapy teams at The Horder Centre
“I play for the men’s 3rd XI. We had a reasonably
and our outreach centres have continued to
good season in 2014/15 where at one point
collect outcome measures to demonstrate the
promotion looked a possibility but our form fell
effectiveness of our services.
away towards the end of the season.
“We are delighted to show that we have
“However this has given us the determination
consistently continued to demonstrate positive
to push on in the coming season and having
improvements in all 5 areas of our quality of life
the support of the Horder Healthcare physio
measure (mobility, self care, usual activities,
team we know that we’re giving ourselves the
pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression) and
very best chance of success. It is great to
over this year we have demonstrated that
be able to sponsor the club I play for and be
on average 87% of our patients have shown
able to support a sport that does not get the
a significant improvement in their function
recognition that it truly deserves.
following physiotherapy treatment. This is an
8% improvement on last year’s average score.
“Horder’s relationship with the hockey club is
a mutually beneficial arrangement. From our
point of view we get the opportunity to be
associated with a well respected local sports
club and have the satisfaction of seeing the
results of our physio treatment transfer on to
the pitch with the player’s performances.
“The association with the hockey club also
allows us to make the local Tunbridge Wells
community aware of Horder Healthcare and the
services that we provide from many locations.
We feature on weekly team sheet emails, have
information around the clubhouse and have
special physiotherapy offers available for club
members and family members.
“From the point of view of the club, the support
of our physio team means that players across
all levels have access to treatment for any
musculoskeletal conditions - be it a minor
niggle to a serious injury. Hockey can be a
very physically demanding sport with muscle
pulls, sprains and ligament injuries. However
with our treatment and support we aim to both
prevent injuries as much as possible and treat
more serious issues to enable all players to
perform to their full p