Brain injury
Doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals, lawyers, insurers, case managers and care specialists came together at Agincare’s first Injury to Independence seminar to address one of the biggest challenges facing people after traumatic injury: navigating a fragmented system of services at the moment coordinated support is needed most. Held at Southampton Football Club on 12 May, the [...]
A case study by Katie Turner, Unite Professionals Case Management The client was involved in a road traffic collision (RTC) whilst he was on his motorcycle vs motorcar. He sustained multiple complex fractures, the most significant being to his right femoral shaft and right femoral neck. These injuries resulted in him having an external fixator. [...]
A Hull charity is marking 10 years of brain injury support for people across the Humber region. P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery was founded by Paul Spence in 2016, four years after he survived a life-changing traumatic brain injury following an unprovoked assault. The charity now regularly welcomes more than 300 people each month to its [...]
By Alison Hipkiss, Lead Neuro Occupational Therapist, Cognivate Rehab Ltd. What we do is one of the most powerful ways we express who we are. Our occupations - the everyday activities that bring purpose and meaning to our lives - play a central role in shaping our identity. Identity involves how we see ourselves and [...]
A case study by Lucy O'Connor, Unite Professionals From a Neurorehabilitation background in the NHS, I am experienced in working with clients following a Traumatic Brain Injury, new into the world of Case Management the first client on my caseload had sustained a TBI and was an inpatient at a major trauma centre in the [...]
A brain injury survivor and NR Times award-winner who has raised more than £100,000 for charity has received a British Empire Medal. Dominic Hurley, 52, was told he may never walk or talk again after falling off a moped in Cyprus in 1994, but went on to defy doctors' expectations. Since then, he has raised [...]
A Case Study by Joy Averill, Unite Professionals Joy qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 1991 and has over 15 years of experience working with adults in neurological rehabilitation. She has specialised in stroke rehabilitation and traumatic / acquired Brain Injury, working in a variety of settings. Her broad clinical experience has given her a [...]
A US lab is developing targeted therapies to treat child brain injury by studying cells and biological pathways. The work focuses on myelination, the process that creates protective insulating layers around nerve fibres, and how it is disrupted in neurological injuries. Among the team's priorities is understanding how this disruption affects preterm babies, who often [...]
A British baby has become the first to be recruited to a global study of brain injury in newborns. The research at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Kent aims to improve outcomes for infants with brain injuries at birth, says Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW). The study, COMET (Cooling in Mild Encephalopathy Trial), examines [...]
A TBI blood test could speed diagnosis and reduce the need for CT scans, according to a new study by Irish doctors. Research led by Professor Phil O’Halloran, consultant neurosurgeon at the Mater Hospital as well as the Royal London Hospital, found the test takes just 15 minutes in an emergency department, with results available [...]
