One Child, Many Perspectives: Why Adolescent Healthcare Requires Us to Join the Dots
Dr Sam Barke, Head of Sports Medicine Last Friday, around 50 Meliora clinicians came together at Harrow School for our annual Clinical Education Day. Our GPs, school nurses, sports doctors and physiotherapists sat alongside colleagues from adolescent medicine, orthopaedics, emergency medicine and psychiatry. On paper, the programme covered a wide range of topics. In reality, […]
Hard Ground and School Rugby: The Pitch Is Only Part of the Decision
Dr Sam Barke, Head of Sports Medicine England Rugby has delayed the start of much of the competitive community rugby season until the week commencing 21 September, following the prolonged dry weather and the effect this has had on pitches across the country. See statement here The announcement is significant for obvious reasons. Many pitches […]
Can Specialist Concussion Rehabilitation Work Remotely? Our Experience Says Yes.
Georgie Hall, Lead Concussion Rehabilitation Physiotherapist When a someone has persistent symptoms after concussion, getting the right treatment isn’t always straightforward. Specialist concussion rehabilitation is still relatively uncommon in the UK. Many families live hours from the nearest clinician with expertise in managing persistent post-concussion symptoms, meaning access to specialist care can depend as much […]
Behind the Scenes of Sports Medicine in Extreme Heat;
Putting Theory into Practice: Lessons from the Lambs RFC Tour to Singapore and Malaysia, July 2026 Liz Robson, Head of Performance Physiotherapy When people think about a rugby tour, they picture the matches, the tries, and the lifelong memories. What they rarely see is the work happening behind the scenes. This summer, I had the […]
International Conference on Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport: Research, Reality and a Very Full Notebook!
Liz Robson, Head of Performance PhysiotherapyLead for Sport Performance & Athlete Development Earlier this month I attended the International Conference on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, at the University of Bath. It’s a two-day conference bringing together clinicians, researchers, sports scientists and healthcare professionals from around the world to discuss the latest developments in […]
Most Schools Don’t Have a Hot Weather Plan. They Should.
Dr Sam Barke, Head of Sports Medicine Hot weather is in the news alot at the moment. The Met Office has issued Heat Health Alerts across much of England for the week ahead, with temperatures forecast to reach 32 to 35 degrees Celsius – approaching the threshold at which all vigorous outdoor activity should stop. […]
What We Learned from the European Sports Concussion Conference 2026
Dr Mike Forsythe, Lead for Head Injury & Concussion Care Earlier this month, members of the Meliora Medical team attended the European Sports Concussion Conference (ESCC) in Nice, France. Bringing together leading clinicians, researchers, healthcare professionals and sporting organisations from across Europe and North America, the conference focused on the latest developments in concussion diagnosis, […]
There Is No Such Thing as a “School Athlete”
Dr Sam Barke, Head of Sports Medicine The below article is adapted from Dr Barke’s keynote speech at the annual Centre for Youth Sports Medicine conference held on 05 June 2026 School sport often appears far more uniform than it really is. From the outside, we see teams, fixtures, training sessions and competitions. What we […]
Doctify’s Patient Experience Award Winners
Meliora Medical are proud to have been awarded Doctify’s “Great Patient Experience” Award (2026) – recognising consistently outstanding patient feedback and our 100% 5★ reviews since opening the doors to our central London clinic at 48 Wimpole Street 🎉 This reflects what matters most to us: delivering high-quality, consistent care for our patients that goes […]
Meliora Medical & ISEH launch the Centre for Youth Sports Medicine
The Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH) and Meliora Medical have partnered to launch the Centre for Youth Sports Medicine – a pioneering centre dedicated to adolescent sports medicine. ISEH, part of HCA Healthcare UK, is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in sports and exercise medicine (SEM). It delivers world-class care to elite […]