Spinal Injuries Association
Homecare company Alcedo Care Group has been recognised as a Trusted Partner of Spinal Injuries Association (SIA). The firm is now recognised by Spinal Injuries Association as providing "outstanding care in the home" for those of all ages with spinal injuries. SIA is a guiding voice for life after spinal cord injury, providing knowledge and [...]
The number of people with spinal cord injury who have said they have experienced suicidal thoughts has almost doubled in the last year, according to research. The latest figures from the Spinal Injuries Association's (SIA) ‘What Matters’ survey showed 28 per cent said they had experienced suicidal thoughts, a significant increase from 2023 when [...]
This morning, NR Times hosted an exclusive webinar in celebration of Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day 2024. In it, six expert panellists offered their insights on the accessibility challenges facing the spinal cord injury community and considered what a more accessible world could look like. The lively, hour-long discussion provided a broad range of perspectives [...]
After a humiliating incident at her local NHS trust, Dani Czernuszka-Watts, joined forces with the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) to campaign for gender equity in healthcare.
Subscribe to read Dani's story and find out more about a new campaign aiming to bring change and equity in women’s healthcare.
Through the tireless dedication of Carol Adcock, a specialist nurse at the Spinal Injuries Association, change is taking effect in frontline healthcare to help improve - and even save - the lives of SCI patients. NR Times meets selfless Carol, winner of the NR Times Above and Beyond Award 2023, sponsored by BIS Services, to learn [...]
JMW Solicitors works with charity to deliver legal advice and support to SCI survivors
Lack of public health capacity is leaving many spinally injured people vulnerable through lack of overnight care, trapped in inappropriate nursing homes or forced to move away from their communities.
That is according to experts at the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) who have shared with NR Times their concerns about the impact of public health care gaps on the UK’s spinal cord injured population.
A Government minister has been shown the importance of more and better provision being made for people living with spinal cord injury through a visit to the Spinal Injuries Association. Tom Pursglove MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, visited the SIA to better understand the support that exists, but what the Government needs [...]
Writing for HT World, Brian O’Shea, continuing healthcare advisor at the Spinal Injuries Association, urges commissioners to embrace change for the good of the patient.
A Formula One racing team has renewed its commitment to the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA), in recognition of the support it has given to the team’s founder.
Williams Racing has announced that SIA will continue to be the official charity of the team, a status is has had since 2015. The team has a long association with the charity - which provides information, advice and support to the 50,000 people living with spinal injury in the UK - dating back to when Sir Frank Williams became spinal cord injured following a car accident in 1986. Sir Frank received support from SIA as he recovered and returned back to work, subsequently leading the team to achieving nine Formula One World Championship Constructors’ Titles.
