{"id":112886,"date":"2024-10-11T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112886"},"modified":"2024-10-11T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:00:47","slug":"nhs-prosthetics-hold-back-next-generation-of-paralympics-gb-says-uk-paralympian-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112886","title":{"rendered":"NHS prosthetics hold back &#8216;next generation&#8217; of Paralympics GB, says UK Paralympian | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D4IZDIkidXk?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>A reigning Paralympic champion has told BBC News that NHS prosthetics need to improve to help produce Great Britain\u2019s \u201cnext generation\u201d of gold medallists.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the Paris Paralympics, runner Richard Whitehead said the UK health service&#8217;s prosthetics were &#8220;not fit for purpose&#8221; because they failed to allow for a full range of movement and could cause discomfort and skin irritation when running.<\/p>\n<p>The NHS does not routinely provide sports prosthetics &#8211; also known as activity limbs &#8211; to adults.<\/p>\n<p>NHS England says many fitness and physical activities are possible without a sports-specific prosthetic.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of lower-limb prosthetics varies greatly depending on type, from \u00a31,000 to over \u00a350,000.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D4IZDIkidXk\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reigning Paralympic champion has told BBC News that NHS prosthetics need to improve to help produce Great Britain\u2019s \u201cnext generation\u201d of gold medallists. Speaking ahead of the Paris Paralympics, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112886\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}