Families & carers
Around 1,500 Britons a day are quitting their jobs to provide unpaid care, a report has found. More than one million people are estimated to have left work to care for ageing, ill or disabled loved ones over the past two years. One in five employees, equivalent to 6.7 million people, are balancing paid employment [...]
Martin Gascoigne has spent years sitting at kitchen tables with families who never asked for the job they now do around the clock. As a brain injury case manager, his work is built around the client, the survivor of the injury, but he is quick to point out that the client is only ever half [...]
A fundraising appeal has raised more than £43,000 after a 23-year-old sustained a traumatic brain injury. Sam Wheeler, a Ringwood plumber and amateur DJ, sustained the injury in a fall and is now undergoing neurorehabilitation in London. The “Bring Sam Home” campaign aims to raise £80,000 to adapt his home, buy specialist equipment [...]
An MS patient is campaigning for a carer hospital access law to help disabled patients receive extra support in hospital. Nina Parry, from Swindon in Wiltshire, said some people with disabilities worried they would not be able to have their carers at their side if they were admitted to hospital. Currently, carers can make themselves [...]
By Victoria Johnson, Pennington’s Manches Cooper Severe brain injury at birth is one of the most devastating outcomes of clinical negligence. The consequences are not only medical but profoundly personal for the families involved. Part of our role as clinical negligence solicitors is to ensure that families are supported in the aftermath, within the framework [...]
Parents of a Bradford baby left with a catastrophic brain injury are calling for a full public inquiry into UK maternity services after delays during delivery. Muhammad Khan, known as Azlaan, was born on 25 February without a heartbeat after his mother Javeria reported reduced movements at almost 39 weeks at Bradford Royal Infirmary. His [...]
By Spinal cord injury survivor, R.F. Hunt For anyone needing personal care, there needs to be a high degree of trust. But what if that isn’t present? What if you are in a relationship and your partner rather than acting as a ‘carer’ is instead controlling, abusive or neglectful? Molly had been [...]
By SweetTree Home Care Services After a stroke in 2021, Samuel’s mobility on the left side of his body was affected, which had an impact on his day-to-day life and resulted in his early retirement. When Samuel reached out to SweetTree to organise ongoing specialist support, the Brain Injury and Neurological Conditions team identified some [...]
NCM UK’s dedicated adult case management team has provided personalised services for over a decade. Founder Martin Gascoigne explains why its duty of care is not just to the client, but the whole family. Initially, focused on providing paediatric case management services, which were funded and delivered on a need-led basis throughout the UK, a [...]
David suffered a brain stem stroke on June 20th, 2022. He was initially admitted to Heartlands Hospital, then transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for neurosurgery and a stay in the ICU, before returning to Heartlands. Over the following four months, David faced multiple infections, became severely unwell, and had very limited rehabilitation while remaining mostly [...]
