Clinical practice
NICE has recommended natalizumab, sold as Tysabri and Tyruko, as an option for certain people with hard-to-control multiple sclerosis. The decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will allow NHS coverage of the drug in England, with decisions also influencing NHS coverage in other parts of the UK. The guidance specifically recommends [...]
Healthcare professionals are being exposed to “avoidable moral conflicts” at work, leading to ill health and many of them quitting their profession, says a team of international experts. Dr Deborah Morris, Director of the Centre for Developmental and Complex Trauma (CDCT), part of St Andrew's Healthcare located in Northampton, was asked to co-write an article [...]
By Gerry Roxburgh, specialist neurological Speech and Language Therapist, Elysium Healthcare
In an early new year boost for Calvert Reconnections, case managers and NHS clinicians throughout the UK have praised the centre’s “life-changing” approach to ABI rehabilitation. Following recent experience days and visits to the Keswick-based residential centre, a range of brain injury professionals have shared their thoughts. “Calvert Reconnections is an amazing place,” said Jamie [...]
A study has laid bare the pressures facing paediatric neuro-rehab professionals at the height of the pandemic, and how they were able to quickly adapt to new working practices.
It also highlights the need for greater support for families affected by neurological conditions in accessing technology; and for more research into the efficacy of remote interventions. The Paediatric Neuro-rehabilitation Special Interest Group (PNR-SIG) charted the experiences of professionals from the start of the first lockdown and throughout subsequent months. Respondents were largely clinical or educational psychologists involved in paediatric neuro-rehab.
