A BRADFORD company is opening the doors of its pioneering business to help address the NHS staffing crisis.

Neoniq, which offers placements for students as well as low-cost physiotherapy treatments for local people at its base in Shipley, is running an open day on Monday April 4.

The company was the brainchild of Claire Graham and Michael Hellawell, who saw a gap in the market while lecturing in physiotherapy at the University of Bradford.

Several universities, including Leeds, Bradford, York and Hull, are already sending students on placement.

Claire added: “For people working in the NHS, who are already under pressure, having a student on placement adds to the workload. But for us, the workload is the students. And we can focus on the learning environment, rather than it being something on top of what people are being asked to do in a stretched workplace.”

Their clinic, which opened last November, has already had more than 300 students on placement and more than 200 local people have received physiotherapy treatment, with the initial assessment being free and five follow-up sessions for just £20.

The open day at Neoniq at Merchants Quay, Shipley, starts at 10.30am on April 4. Public and press are invited. Please email support@neoniq.co.uk to attend.