Welcome to the Limb Loss Information Centre. This online resource has been created to guide individuals with congenital or acquired limb loss and their friends, family and carers through the emotional, physical and psychological process of coming to terms with limb loss.

We have taken a holistic approach to limb loss and hope that through this we can provide relevant and useful information on all aspects of life after limb loss. We have tried to make the site as easy to navigate as possible and hope that you can find the information you need here.

Please have a look at the frequently asked questions section of the site where we have collated questions asked by other amputees, their families and carers.

There is a lot of information on this Website contained in nested pages. If you can’t find what you are looking for by clicking on a Parent Page in the left hand menu, please remember to try the Search facility at the top right of the page.

If you still can’t get the information you require please contact us and we will either research the query ourselves or put you in touch with the person best suited to answer your questions.

We run some relevant News items which appear on this Home Page. You will find additional News Items and stories on The Douglas Bader Foundation Website

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Could Amputation Have Been Avoided?

“A horror story”
BRIAN SMYTH went to the hospital with an infection in his big toe in February. By August, he was having his leg amputated, and he blames a faulty heathcare system. Barry Gray/The Hamilton Spectator
BRIAN SMYTH went to the hospital with an infection in his big toe in February. By August, he was having [...]

Doctors Stretch Teen’s Cancer-Stricken Leg 11 Inches

A 14-year-old boy can look forward to a healthy, active life, thanks to a remarkable two-year procedure by an Australian medical team, which saved his leg from amputation.
The bone growth procedure, performed by an expert limb reconstruction team at Brisbane’s Royal Children’s Hospital, added 11 inches to the leg of Simeon Fairburn, after surgeons were [...]

Factory Worker Has Leg Amputated After Accident At Work

A former Nestlé employee has received a six figure compensation payment, after a horrific accident at work led to the amputation of her left leg.
Susan Ashe from Knottingley, close to Selby, was driving a small fork lift truck at the old Nestlé factory in York when she lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a [...]

Cameron Taylor making strides after leg amputation

ADAMSVILLE — Standing on his crutches, 8-year-old Cameron Taylor lets them fall to the ground as he mockingly sticks his tongue out at his Aunt Denise.
“I’m more of a daredevil than you,” Cameron said, while holding his arms up and balancing on his right leg.
Cameron has made great strides in the past month, since he [...]

RACE – Running to Beat Cancer, In Memory of a Fighter

Canadian Terrance Stanley Fox, better known as Terry Fox, a young student from Winnipeg, lost his right leg to bone cancer when he was just 18. He went on to defy odds and expectations by running a marathon to bring awareness to the fight against cancer 30 years ago.
His tale continues to echo around the [...]