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 […]
Research carried out by Calvert Reconnections and Exchange Chambers reveals delays and lack of resources in the brain injury rehabilitation sector, according to senior brain injury solicitors. Brain injury partners at law firms across the UK were surveyed, with 88% of respondents saying that solicitors for the defence did not […]
Following a 22-month study by the Glasgow Brain Injury Research Group into the incidence of dementia in former footballers, the FA is set to ban heading in children’s football in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not, as yet, in Wales. Though still to release final guidelines, it is thought […]
Professor Steven Laurey, a Belgian neurologist, has been awarded €1m (£850,000) to fund further work to improve diagnoses of severe brain injuries resulting in coma. The Generet Prize is a grant from the King Baudouin Foundation, named after the former Belgian monarch. It is hoped that the research will improve […]
Recent research published in Public Health journal, The Lancet, indicates that half of all homeless people may be living with the impact of brain injury, which may have been a cause or contributing factor to their homelessness. The study, the first meta-analysis to evaluate the prevalence of traumatic brain injury […]
We welcome the urgent call from the RCN Foundation, in collaboration with brain injury recovery charity Same You, to develop enhanced training for nurses dealing with neurological rehabilitation. In commissioning a higher education institution, they hope to equip nurses with the additional skills needed to support patients in the UK […]
Reading person experiences can also support those close to a person with a brain injury, or those supporting them. Below is a round-up of NRC Medical Experts’ favourite about brain injury and rehabilitation. Touching Distance by Beverley Turner and James Cracknell This book tells of the story of rower James […]
The brain is a developed organ made up of a large number of neurons and supporting cells. The interconnection between the neurons is what makes the brain function. Unlike other cells in the body that can regenerate, there are three types of cells that cannot regenerate. These include hepatocytes in […]
NRC Medical Expert, Dr Julian Harriss, developed the following study guide on behalf of NR Times. It gives an interesting and accessible overview of the vital classification process that shapes treatments and outcomes after brain injury. Classifying brain injury We often use the terms “concussion” and “mild” or “minor” head […]