The Facial Rehabilitation Centre

07/10/2025

24/05/2025

Photographs can be challenging for many individuals with facial palsy, as it can increase feelings of self-consciousness, especially in today's age of selfies and camera phones. To help with this, we’ve created a ‘photograph card’ that you can give to the photographer. This card provides a discreet way for you to share information about your condition, so you don't have to explain your facial palsy verbally.

These would be handy for any situation with a photographer or group photographs e.g. school photographs, wedding guests, etc. You could even share it with a group of friends before going out.

💜 You can download the card here to print at home:https://www.facialpalsy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Photograph-card.pdf
💜 Alternatively, you can request to receive one through the post https://www.facialpalsy.org.uk/support/photo-card-request-form/

Comment below where you’d use the card.

02/03/2025

New Resource: Eye care for patients with Facial Palsy

We have a fantastic new download available for patients with detailed instructions of how to take care of your eyes following an episode of Facial Palsy.

This is ideal for GPs and A&Es to email or print out for patients.

Please share>https://www.learn.facialpalsy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Eye-care.pdf

01/03/2025

Please support Facial Palsy UK this Facial Palsy Awareness Week 💜

Please support our Facial Palsy Awareness Week mission – to get a dedicated Facial Palsy page on the NHS patient information websites.

Too many Facial Palsy patients are still misdiagnosed, misinformed and misunderstood due to a lack of reliable, consistent information.

We believe that having dedicated pages for Facial Palsy (not just Bell’s Palsy) on the four NHS websites will help to ensure that patients across the country can access safe, accurate information about their condition, as well as giving GPs and first responders a trusted resource to refer to.

This would also help to reduce misdiagnosis of conditions such as Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, Lyme Disease, tumours and cancers, as patients and health professionals would be more aware of symptoms that require further investigation.

We have already succeeded in getting this information published on the Northern Ireland NHS website, and our aim is to do the same in England, Scotland and Wales.

💜 Sign our petition: https://buff.ly/4hS1yYJ
💜 Find out more about the campaign (1-7 March 2025): https://buff.ly/3KcU6t1

20/02/2025

Very much enjoyed having Liesbet & Glynnis from Belgium with us this week for two days of facial palsy BTX-A knowledge sharing and collaboration at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.