St Andrew’s Healthcare
The UK’s largest mental health charity specialising in complex mental health, located in Northampton, has launched a major fundraising appeal designed to support psychiatric patients. Founded in 1838, For Hope in Every Life is St Andrew’s Healthcare’s first fundraising appeal for more than a century. Complex mental health affects us all. One in 105 people [...]
The requirement that patients play an active role in their care planning is enshrined in UK law. For patients with neurodegenerative disorders like dementia and Huntington’s disease (HD), that active engagement is perhaps even more vital. But despite the regulations of the Care Act, true co-production, where patients, carers and professionals work together as equal [...]
Data shows that recent years have seen an increase in female brain injuries with comorbid complexities. UK mental health charity, St Andrew’s Healthcare, discusses what might be driving the concerning trend, highlighting the need for specialised female brain injury services. While the prevalence of brain injury is still higher in men, who are 1.5 times [...]
To mark Brain Injury Awareness Month in March 2025, Neuro Rehab Times hosted a debate on the theme of 'Brain injury rehab 2025 - in pursuit of progress'. What are the challenges and opportunities shaping brain injury care today and what approaches, innovations and changes will achieve the fastest progress in the field? Watch as [...]
In the following article, written by Ellice Wood, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at St Andrew’s Healthcare, Ellice discusses how building understanding, empathy and emotional resilience can break down barriers in communication, demonstrating the profound impact of Speech and Language Therapy on mental health and social integration. In mental healthcare, the importance of Speech [...]
A programme to support Ward Managers to hone their leadership and management capabilities while ensuring they stay at the leading edge of clinical practice has been launched by St Andrew's Healthcare. The initiative - which follows on from the recent launch of the complex mental health charity’s Healthcare Assistant Development programme, is another example of [...]
Neelam’s life was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour and life-saving surgery left her with a range of complex health needs. However, the support she received from St Andrew’s Healthcare has helped her find purpose again. Neelam, 42, was a young mum, with a job that she loved in a [...]
By Dr Keith G Jenkins, Lead Psychologist & Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Neuropsychiatry Division, St Andrew's Healthcare
As the creator of Kemsley, the UK’s first specialist neurobehavioural unit for brain injury patients, St Andrew’s Healthcare has been an esteemed name in brain injury care and rehabilitation for over 40 years. Accepting patients from across the country into its Northampton hospital, St Andrew’s has a long-established pathway of rehabilitation, enabling people to rebuild [...]
St Andrew’s Healthcare has reached the final stages in four categories of a nationwide awards programme celebrating third sector organisations. St Andrew's is one of just three finalists shortlisted for the Compassion, Technology, Campaign for Change and the Development and Innovation categories at the annual Markel 3rd Sector Care Awards. The 3rd Sector Care Awards [...]
