Where we work in partnership with Major Trauma Centres, we fund training and education opportunities for clinicians. We also encourage clinicians to refer patients to us, both in the MTCs where we work and across the UK to our National Offer, where we offer the same support remotely.
Refer someone to Day One
Day One provides the practical and emotional support that major trauma patients need to make the best possible recovery. This includes: grant funding, legal support, support with benefits and welfare, counselling and peer support. See our Supporting You section to find out more about the support we offer. To refer someone to us, please use the form below.
Refer someone to Day OneThis funding is available for anyone working within a major trauma network, where funding is not available from statutory sources.
Applicants must demonstrate how the training or education will improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients affected by major traumatic injury and have received approval from their clinical manager to undertake the training.
Applications can cover whole or partial costs of training costs and conferences, including travel and accommodation. We rely on donations to enable us to continue to provide this important financial support.
Get in touch to discuss your funding needsIn 2021, Day One awarded funding of £4,500 to enable three clinical psychologists at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust to undertake training in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) by the European Association.
EMDR is a psychological treatment method recommended by NICE for the treatment of PTSD. It is also proven to help lessen anxiety, depression and phantom limb pain which often arise following a traumatic injury. It is used by counsellors, therapists, psychotherapists, psychologists and psychiatrists and has proven effective as a way of lessening the intensity of the distress caused by memories of traumatic accidents and events.
The availability of EMDR therapy to inpatients and outpatients of the Major Trauma Centre at Leeds Teaching Hospitals has been inconsistent and some patients had a long waiting time. The training funded by Day One has enabled all patients suffering the effects of psychological trauma as a result of their traumatic injury to access this highly effective treatment more readily.
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