Woman who 'broke every limb' endorses new NHS centre

A woman who says she broke "every limb" in her body in a near-fatal crash in Germany has become an ambassador for a new NHS rehabilitation centre.

Janet Crook-Moore was run over by a car towing a caravan after she came off her motorcycle while on holiday in Germany in June 2025.

She was put into an induced coma and spent seven weeks in a German hospital before being flown back to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, where she worked with the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) team to learn to walk again.

Her injuries included two fractured collarbones, nine broken ribs, a punctured and collapsed lung, a fractured chest bone, a shattered femur and injuries to both wrists.

"I woke up five days later in the intensive care unit with a drain in my lung as I'd punctured one, and was like the bionic man with cages on my legs. I had broken every limb in my body," she said.

"One of the doctors said to my husband that I had given Evel Knievel a run for his money."

Janet, from Bourne in Lincolnshire, received care from the NRC, which is operated by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and is due to move into a standalone facility in September.

The aim of the centre is to provide intense rehabilitation support to trauma patients earlier in their recovery journey.

The 58-year-old was cared for on a major trauma ward at the Nottingham hospital for several weeks.

Rehabilitation started with physiotherapy in bed and using a slide board to get to a chair near her bed.

Her leg muscles were slowly rebuilt with sitting-to-standing movements and getting her hips moving again.

"I was given a frame to walk up and down the gym and ward with, and then the next step was crutches and building up my walking using those, and soon I was ready to walk out of the hospital using crutches and return home," she said.

Medics from an orthopaedic team also helped to regrow a 4.5cm section of her shin bone that had died.

Her husband Roger Moore said: "If it wasn't for [the teams] she wouldn't be here, and she wouldn't be walking."

Andrew Taylor, medical lead for the NRC, said Janet's care had benefitted from intense rehabilitation which "[wasn't] possible on a trauma admissions ward".

"Janet is unusual due to the volume of severe, life-changing injuries that she had sustained," he said.

"Together, we were able to get Janet back to independent living and enjoying life, and we continue to support her towards returning to independent work."

Her role as ambassador will involve her visiting the new centre and talking to patients.

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