# DDRC HEALTHCARE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 279652
- **Other names:** DIVING DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE, DIVING DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE LIMITED, DDRC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01480369](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01480369)
- **Registered:** March 14, 1980
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=279652


## Contact

- **Address:** DDRC Healthcare, HYPERBARIC MEDICAL CENTRE, 8 RESEARCH WAY, DERRIFORD, PLYMOUTH
- **Postcode:** PL6 8BU
- **Phone:** 01752 209999
- **Email:** info@ddrc.org
- **Website:** www.ddrc.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY:(A) THE CONDUCT OF SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INTO       (I) THE EFFECT UPON THE HUMAN BODY OF EXPOSURE TO ALTERED PRESSURE AND/OR          GAS ENVIRONMENTS, AND       (II) UNDERWATER DIVING SAFETY,      AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;(B) THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARISING FROM EXPOSURE TO       AN ALTERED PRESSURE AND/OR GAS ENVIRONMENT;(C) THE ALTERED PRESSURE AND/OR GAS ENVIRONMENT TREATMENT OF ILLNESS,             DISABILITY OR INJURY;(D) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING IN ALTERED PRESSURE AND/OR GAS ENVIRONMENT             TREATMENT, PROCEDURES AND CARE; AND (E)  THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE EFFECTS UPON THE HUMAN BODY OF        EXPOSURE TO ALTERED PRESSURE AND/OR GAS ENVIRONMENTS. IN THESE OBJECTS &#x27;ALTERED PRESSURE AND/OR GAS ENVIRONMENT&#x27; MEANS ANY ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH PRESSURE DIFFERS FROM THAT AT SEA LEVEL, AND/OR THE CONSTITUENT GASES DIFFER IN NATURE FROM THOSE PRESENT IN AIR.

**Activities:** To promote the benefits of safer diving practices and of the wider applications of hyperbaric oxygen in general medicine through service delivery, awareness raising, training and research.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Plymouth City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Clargo |  | May 16, 2016 |
| PETER ATKEY |  | Jan. 26, 2022 |
| Raymond Sparrow |  | May 16, 2016 |
| Rhodri Davey |  | May 2, 2022 |
| Richard Chubb |  | May 2, 2022 |
| Rosemary Lunn |  | May 25, 2022 |
| THOMAS GAVIN ANTHONY |  | May 16, 2016 |




