NHS & Health Professionals

Collaborating with NHS

The NHS does a fantastic job of managing people’s health, treating the serious conditions leading to amputation and in the recovery afterwards. On leaving hospital amputees and their families may face many challenges:

• Loss of employment
• Finance and housing issues
• Amputees or their families not accepting the change
• A loss of self-purpose
• Bullying for children

Everyone is different and this is where the Steel Bone’s community can help amputees and their families adapt to the changes in their lives from before the amputation takes place to many years afterwards. We provide a range of services to support your patients.

Peer Support Groups Are Crucial

• 47% of our community met amputees for the first time through Steel Bones. 32% of those people have been an amputee for more than 5 years.
• 73% of our suvey participants felt more independent & 86% feel more motivated.
• 80% felt Steel Bones had improved their quality of life.
• 87% felt sharing their experience with peers was helpful.

Practical Support We Provide All Amputees

All our services, support, events and resources are free.
They are inclusive to all amputees, their families and
professionals working with them.
We are the fastest growing civilian amputee charity in the UK.

We Need Your Help

The highest incentive for both patients and family members to join our community was for the social events and coffee mornings.  The demand is therefore starting to increase tenfold.

We know the model we have works with quick and powerful results.  We therefore need your help to ensure every amputee is aware of what support is available to them.  

We can support you and your team to run your own patient invovlement group and look for funding to provide a weekly fitness club and monthly/quarterly meet ups. Each group is different and we will work with you to fidn out what works best for the clinicans and patients.