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Five years of providing services for local people

21 July 2014

Five years after it first opened its doors for business, former and current patients have returned to The Physiotherapy Centre at Holy Cross Hospital to help celebrate its anniversary.   

As a thank you to the many people who have supported the Centre, a tea party was held on 17 July. 

Physiotherapist Karen Ford welcomed patients past and present. She described how the original…

HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO visits Holy Cross Hospital

09 July 2014

Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex has visited Holy Cross Hospital in Haslemere to mark the official opening of the Hospital’s sensory technology room.

HRH The Countess of Wessex in the Sensory Technology Room with a patient

The specialist hospital provides services for people with severe and…

Summer Newsletter

18 June 2014

Volume 3 of the Physiotherapy Newsletter is now available for download.

Exercising in warm water could reduce high blood pressure

07 May 2014

The findings of a study into the effects of exercising in warm water have given hope to the many people in the UK who have high blood pressure that has not responded to medication.

High blood pressure, which is also known as hypertension, is one of the main contributory factors of stroke, heart attack, heart disease and kidney failure. Once diagnosed, many people can be successfully treated…

Tour The Physiotherapy Centre online

22 April 2014

A new website has been launched to highlight the services and facilities on offer at The Physiotherapy Centre, Haslemere.

The Centre is part of Holy Cross Hospital and treats outpatients who are suffering from painful conditions or recovering from injury.

Chief Executive, Christopher Hinton says: “From recent conversations, we know that many local people are unaware of The Physiotherapy…

Transport of Delight - Saturday 31 May 2014

22 April 2014

An Evening of Cabaret and Songs, Poems and Music from World War One

Holy Cross Hospital achieves double success

14 April 2014

Holy Cross Hospital, Haslemere is celebrating double success following some high-level praise.

In February, the Care Quality Commission made an unannounced, routine inspection of the Hospital. The commission is the regulator of health and social care in England and checks that hospitals and care providers are meeting essential standards of quality and safety.

The inspector observed…

Train with a world-class triathlete

03 April 2014

One of the most common New Year's resolutions that people make every year is to get fit; it is also one of the first to be broken. This year, The Physiotherapy Centre, Haslemere is offering a unique opportunity for eight people to train and improve their fitness with a world-class triathlete. 

Manuela Maxwell is a hydrotherapist and winner of a gold medal in both the 2012 and 2013 European…

Getting to know Manuela

03 April 2014

Read more about our hydrotherapist Manuela Maxwell who is featured in the April/May edition of Haslemere Life.