Clinicians & therapists

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 [...]

East Midlands Railway has teamed up with Headway Derby to offer a new card helping brain injury survivors communicate their needs when travelling. The free card allows passengers to discreetly inform staff that they have a brain injury and may need support, without having to explain their condition aloud. It was developed using guidelines from [...]

New funding has been secured by a charity which works with people with Cerebral Palsy in Scotland, to help sustain and develop its specialist support service. Cerebral Palsy Scotland works with children, adults and whole families across the country to help them build skills, knowledge, confidence and relationships, enabling them to overcome barriers that may [...]

Teenagers who stick to consistent sleep schedules and maintain quality sleep habits are more likely to show better cardiovascular health in early adulthood, new research has found. The study followed 15-year-olds who went to bed and woke up earlier, spent less time lying awake in bed, and had less variability in their sleep routines. By [...]

Stroke survivors and budding singers from across Northern Ireland raised their voice in a pop-up choir on 4th June to raise funds for the Stroke Association. Around 70 people came together in the Oh Yeah Centre in Belfast to learn and record a song in just 90 minutes as part of the Stroke Association’s new [...]

A Cambridge academic has been accused of deliberately underperforming on IQ and memory tests to strengthen a £1 million compensation claim against the NHS for alleged failings in stroke care. Dr Mohamed Atef Hakmi, 64, an orthopaedic surgeon and affiliated assistant professor at Cambridge University, is suing the NHS, claiming a delayed diagnosis of a [...]

A new pilot scheme offering grants of up to £3,000 will help more marginalised communities across the UK deliver physical activity sessions for people living with Parkinson’s. The Parkinson's UK pilot focuses on groups and areas where people with Parkinson’s are underrepresented in exercise and physical activity provision. The initiative will run alongside the charity’s [...]

More than a third of college American football players meet clinical criteria for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), significantly exceeding the estimated rates in the general US population, new research shows. The study found that 35 per cent of players had mild to moderate OSA, compared to an estimated 9–25 per cent in the broader population, [...]

The recent surge in ADHD referrals is attributed to increased awareness and acceptance of the condition, rather than an actual rise in its prevalence, according to a new systematic review. Researchers from King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience analyzed 40 studies conducted since January 2020 across 17 countries. They found no significant [...]

A new glove-based system that uses functional electrical stimulation (FES) to activate individual fingers could offer a more effective way to support hand rehabilitation in people recovering from stroke or spinal cord injuries. The FESGlove delivers targeted electrical stimulation to specific hand muscles and nerves, offering greater selectivity than many current systems, which often cause [...]