Insight

Neurological rehabilitation’s ability to improve an individual’s quality of life depends on a wide range of skills and expertise. Following a catastrophic injury or the onset of neurological disease, professionals from numerous disciplines join forces with the individual and their loved ones on the recovery journey. However, they must also work together in improving the [...]

The public funding and commissioning of rehabilitation services on an individual basis varies hugely across the country. In areas where public authorities are very receptive to such requests, we 
see efficient and effective provision of specialised services, often built around
good collaboration between various bodies and tailored to an individual’s need. Yet in other parts of the [...]

Like most dedicated healthcare staff, Kim is up early on weekdays. After a healthy breakfast, she heads to work, ready for her shift. She spends the day embroiled in ground-breaking disease research and is rewarded handsomely for her efforts. Unusually for a health worker, however, she walks on all fours and wags her tail when she’s [...]

The rehab prescription (RP) is a simple but effective concept. It is a plan that defines what treatment is needed for the disabled person over the future weeks and months after a traumatic injury. According to guidelines, the RP should be an intrinsic part of the UK’s improving approach to trauma. A landmark report by the [...]

A man who killed a young banker with a single punch in a “senseless” and “unprovoked” attack was jailed for six years in February. This brought to the public’s attention the potentially devastating consequences that such so-called ‘one punch attacks’ can have. Trevor Timon, 31, hit Oliver Dearlove while he and his friends were talking [...]

Locked-in syndrome threw Kate Allatt into her own horror movie with nobody to hear her scream. She escaped with a plan to save others from the same hellish world, and is doing a great job so far…

  Constructing brighter futures Building homes for people with complex needs requires consideration at every juncture to ensure that the environment is suitable for each stage of an individual’s care. This goes for people with degenerative conditions such as dementia and Huntington’s Disease, as well
 as those suffering a rapid decline in health, [...]

Addressing the challenge of concussion in rugby is like a skirmish with the marauding All Blacks. Hazards emerge from every angle and each advancing metre is hard fought. Leading the line is Dr Simon Kemp, chief medical officer at English rugby’s governing body the RFU and a former physician to the England squad. With his involvement, [...]

Following a brain injury, some individuals will have difficulty understanding what is said to them. is has been described by patients as feeling as if they have woken up in a foreign country. They may be able to get the gist of what is said but suddenly interpreting precise messages is beyond them. Others will [...]

Catastrophic injuries have an ugly habit
 of robbing survivors of their dreams and ambitions. Bucket list items like dancing with tribal warriors or eyeballing sharks in the deep can suddenly seem unattainable. Even less exotic desires, such as skiing or sur ng, may be lost in the looming shadow of the fateful event. Yet reviving [...]