MPs and charities call on Prime Minister to Back the ABI Bill
MPs and brain charities today visited Downing Street to urge the Prime Minister to Back the ABI Bill.
Aquatic therapy launched by Calvert Reconnections
A new aquatic therapy programme has been launched by Calvert Reconnections, expanding its neurorehabilitation offering further still.
£375m for neurodegenerative diseases research
Investment of £375million will be made over the next five years to fund research into neurodegenerative diseases, it has been announced.
Askham: delivering life-changing rehab step by step
From meeting people at their most vulnerable, facing an uncertain future after devastating injury or illness, Askham Rehab has a stellar track record in supporting them to achieve positive life-changing outcomes.
New pan-European platform will boost research sharing
A new European initiative will see the development of a collaborative platform for data and sample sharing for neurodegenerative diseases.
UK City of Culture uses music to support people with dementia
The UK’s City of Culture is seizing the power of music to increase its support for people in the community living with dementia.
New high-tech centre ups the ante on neurorehab
A new technology-led neurorehabilitation centre has opened to offer high-intensity programmes of physiotherapy, advancing the recovery of people with neurological injury or illness from across the UK.
Supporting brain injury survivors to return to work
A traumatic brain injury can impact severely on an individual's ability to return to work, which is why a carefully-planned vocational rehabilitation strategy is so important. Here, Sabrina Lawlor, principal lawyer at Slater and Gordon, discusses why support for employers to ensure their workplaces and process are as disability-friendly as possible - provided by organisations such as The Brain Charity - is vital
Concussion protocols in Hurling ‘not being followed’
Hurling has come under the spotlight for its lack of adherence to concussion protocols, with a new study revealing that less than a quarter of players were removed from play after showing effects of head injury.
Stem cell trial yields “positive” results in spinal cord injury
A clinical trial of regenerative stem cell technology which could be “game changing” for people living with spinal cord injury has produced “positive” Phase I results, its creators have announced.
