Following a serious or catastrophic injury – such as a brain and spinal injury – an individual’s mental health, cognitive abilities, emotions and mental wellbeing can have an incredibly significant impact on their rehabilitation potential and recovery. Choosing the right kind of expert witness is a crucial step when building […]
On 10 September each year organisations across the globe, including the Samaritans in the UK, come together on World Suicide Prevention Day. Their aim is to raise awareness of how we can create a world where fewer people die by suicide. When it comes to people living with brain injury, […]
Several recent studies have revealed the links between concussion, and increased risk of being diagnosed with ADHD, mood and anxiety disorders, dementia and Parkinson’s disease later in life. Research has also shown lasting and immediate links between concussion and sleep disorders. Concussion leading to later life diagnosis of ADHD, anxiety […]
The Sentencing Council for England and Wales has released new guidelines which apply to adults who with neurological, mental and developmental disorders. An arms-length body of the Ministry of Justice, the Sentencing Council was established to promote greater transparency and consistency in sentencing, whilst maintaining the independence of the judiciary. […]
Headway, the UK’s biggest brain injury charity, has been confirmed as a new provider of training for staff working in the prison and probation service in England. In partnership with NHS England, the initiative complements the training Headway has already provided to police forces across the UK, as well as […]
Researchers from Michigan State University are using a £565,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore the ways robot-assisted learning can help patients improve common daily activities. How neuroplasticity allows people to relearn ‘lost’ skills Following a neurological injury or illness, many individuals can face a long recovery period […]
As countries across the globe begin to slowly emerge from lockdown and quarantine, researchers and doctors are learning more about the lasting impacts of Covid-19 on the brain. A previous article explored the long-term neuropsychiatric of coronavirus, discussing the significant psychological stressors presented by Covid-19, as well as lessons from […]
Following on from the recent report by The British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine into the impact of COVID-19 on neurorehabilitation services,a poll by brain injury charity Calvert Reconnections and barristers Exchange Chambers has revealed the sector has been driven to ‘crisis point’. In a recent poll of 161 of the […]
A Lake District charity has developed the UK’s first COVID-19 compliant brain injury rehabilitation programme combining traditional clinical therapies with physical activity in the outdoors. The new residential neurorehabilitation centre for people with acquired brain injury is creating the ‘new normal’ with it’s COVID -19 compliant activities which focus on […]
NRC Medical Experts welcomes the British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine’s recently published report Rehabilitation in the wake of Covid-19 – A phoenix from the ashes. A high proportion of individuals living with chronic neurological conditions are considered clinically at high risk of Covid-19 complications by the NHS – including people […]