The capital gains of raising brain injury awareness
With London on lockdown, ABIL chair Tony Hart takes a moment to reflect on the vital role of one of the city’s most prominent brain injury organisations.
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Independence Day
Serious injury solicitor Sarah Griggs shares the journey a mum whose world was turned upside down following her son’s brain injury.
The order of evidence in a catastrophic brain injury case
Catastrophic brain injury cases often require input from a number of experts. Here David Withers explains the considerations lawyers have when assessing the order of the evidence.
Frontal lobe paradox – how can we best help service users?
Frontal lobe paradox can leave service users silently struggling, despite presenting as being unaffected in daily life.
Children’s concussion test could be a game-changer
Trials have begun on a new test kit which could rapidly diagnose concussion in children and adolescents.
Neurologic Music Therapy as an effective rehabilitation tool for stroke survivors
By Daniel Thomas, joint managing director, Chroma Therapies
Robotics group signs landmark German deal
Rehab tech firm ReWalk has signed a deal with a group of German health insurers to give patients in the country access to its exoskeleton system.
Mum gets back on her feet in time for Mother’s Day
In our latest patient case study, we report on how Louise Waller fought back from serious injury through determination and extensive rehabilitation.
Private and NHS hospitals join forces in COVID-19 fight
More beds, ventilators and thousands of extra healthcare staff will be made urgently available from next week to aid the NHS fight against coronavirus, thanks to a major deal agreed between NHS England and the nation’s independent hospitals.
Grant for CVD prediction project
A project to develop a new tool for predicting the risk of a cardiovascular event or death in patients who have already suffered a heart attack has received a grant of almost £150,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
White House petition on concussion launched
A petition has been launched in the US to pass a new act that protects American citizens from the risks of concussion.
Coronavirus pushes brain injury event to November
An event which is popular among UK brain injury professionals has been postponed because of coronavirus.
