Community neuro rehab

Neuro Case Management (NCM UK) founder Martin Gascoigne discusses the firm’s four-panel therapist system and why regulation has transformed brain and spinal injury care. Martin Gascoigne started NCM UK as a sole trader 15 years ago. Today, the Sheffield-based organisation has an expansive network of therapists on its books scattered across the UK. Gascoigne says: [...]

By RF Hunt In May 1989, I sustained serious spinal cord injuries in a suicide attempt. When I was finally discharged, I went home to my mum and dad and brother. But soon my brother left home to go to university. Then just after celebrating his birthday, my dad died suddenly, at the age of [...]

By Bipana Thapa, Assistant Psychologist at CHD Living In neurorehabilitation, stories of recovery are powerful. But what happens when we add data to those stories - data that proves, reliably and clearly, that rehabilitation really works? A recent UK pilot study from CHD Living’s Bagshot Park Neurorehabilitation Centre has done just that. The research analysed [...]

A brain injury charity facing closure this month has been saved after Headway Suffolk agreed to take on its Norfolk services. Headway Norfolk and Waveney had gone into liquidation and was due to close its seven day centres and outreach support groups in King's Lynn, Norwich, Dereham, Long Stratton and Great Yarmouth. The centres will [...]

Two brothers are running five marathons in five days to raise money for spinal cord injury research after a close friend was paralysed in a motorbike accident. The challenge began yesterday in Brighton, with friends and supporters joining them along the route to raise awareness and funds for Spinal Research after a close friend was [...]

Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (QEF), which supports nearly 10,000 people annually, is to close due to financial pressures. The organisation was founded in 1934 by Dame Georgiana Buller and Stanley Evans and was opened by the Queen Mother, then Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York. The charity's specialist neuro rehabilitation centre support [...]

By Dr Martine Stoffels, consultant neuropsychiatrist and clinical director, Dr Danny Allen, consultant general adult psychiatrist and clinical director and Jasmin Samuel, director of operations and clinical services, Phoenix Mental Health Services Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that has gained increasing attention in the fields of neurorehabilitation, psychiatry, and [...]

Brainkind, the largest charity supporting people with brain injuries and neurological conditions in the UK, has created a new, free, digital tool for professionals supporting survivors of domestic abuse who may have a potential brain injury. Brainkind Adapt will support structured conversations about brain injury and provide guidance for professionals to adapt their approach. The [...]

There was much excitement and anticipation at the inaugural ‘drum-off’ at Richardson Care in Northampton. Service users in two of the specialist neuro-rehab services for adults with acquired brain injury took part: The team from The Richardson Mews competed against the guys from 144 Boughton Green Road in a series of fun drumming games. Each [...]

HCA UK’s The Wellington Hospital celebrated its Neurological Rehabilitation Centre’s success at the Neurological and Complex Care Awards last week, recognising the highly complex care their teams deliver every day. Their programme for patients with Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (PDOC) was honoured with the 'Innovation in Neuro Rehab' award for Paolo Tomaselli’s work integrating Neurologic [...]