Care & services
By Kristine Pidgeon, Commercial Director at acuity care Last year, there were 335,409 UK hospital admissions for acquired brain injury (ABI). This equates to one every four minutes. When people first find out, understanding complex care options and how to manage the funding of their care can be overwhelming. Transitioning from a hospital and settling [...]
By Paula Hansen, World Accessible Holidays Fibromyalgia is one of those conditions that can be hard to explain until you live it. From the outside I might look fine, but inside my body can feel like its been hit all over with a baseball bat. Pain can be constant or it can spike without warning, [...]
Acuity Care Group today confirmed it is now operating as acuity care, a significant milestone that reinforces its position as the UK’s leading provider of specialist and highly complex, solution-based care. By consolidating its four specialist companies - Bespoke Health & Social Care, Team Brain Injury, Learning Disabilities, Autism, Mental Health and Spinal Injury Support [...]
National care provider Agincare has strengthened its quality team, bringing together a wealth of experience and expertise to support its continued growth and commitment to high-quality personalised care. Suzanne Barnard has joined as group quality director, taking strategic responsibility for quality assurance, governance and continuous improvement across the organisation’s diverse portfolio of services. Her appointment [...]
By Lydia Storr-Meddings Being Chief Operating Officer at Cognivate, a community-based neurorehabilitation team, means I sit behind the scenes of client care. Rather than focusing on delivering therapy, it’s about ensuring the right people, resources, and systems are in place to make rehabilitation possible. My work spans quotes, invoicing, therapist capacity, marketing, financial oversight, and [...]
By Circle Rehabilitation patient, Rosaline My name is Rosaline. I came from Nigeria to the UK for medical treatment after being diagnosed with progressive cervical myelopathy in September last year. After a right knee replacement surgery, my mobility began to deteriorate—my walking became more difficult, my legs were unsteady, my grip strength reduced, and even [...]
Leah Washington-Pugh, who lost her leg in the 2015 Smiler crash, has been appointed NRC ambassador for the National Rehabilitation Centre. The 27-year-old underwent extensive rehabilitation after the rollercoaster collision that required an above-knee amputation when she was 17. The June 2015 incident at Alton Towers saw two carriages collide on the Smiler ride, seriously [...]
By Asham Rehab When 75-year-old Diana Hoy was admitted for planned spinal surgery on May 1, 2025, doctors discovered she had lost mobility from her knees to her feet and from her fourth and fifth fingers to her elbows, along with saddle paresthesia. Despite this, Diana was determined that it would not mark the end [...]
The country’s first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) is set to open its doors for patients. The NRC is a 70-bed, state-of-the-art specialist rehab centre for NHS patients who have experienced a life-changing illness or injury. The centre, at Stanford Hall in Nottinghamshire, is run and staffed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). [...]
HCA Healthcare UK’s Neuro Rehab Centre sees many patients living with spinal cord injuries. Mandy shares how the team at the centre combines innovative technology with compassionate, patient-centred care to support recovery. Our team here at The Wellington Hospital supports patients at all stages of their journey, from early rehabilitation to ongoing, long-term care. With [...]
