HSJ Live 21.11.13: Council Cuts Expected With Introduction of Integration Fund

HSJ Live 21.11.13: Council cuts expected with introduction of integration fund
1.27pm A UK brain injury specialist provider is set to pilot smartphone technology to help speed up the rehabilitation of people with acute and long-term neurological conditions. The technology works by allowing people to use their smartphones to … Read more on Health Service Journal

Thousands of Maryland High School Student-Atheletes Get Concussion Test
“I definitely think there is a benefit to baseline testing as long as the testing is done well,” said Dr. Stacy Suskauer, director of Brain Rehabilitation Programs at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore. “It is not always done well. We've been … Read more on The Chestertown Spy

Hospital care 'no better since Mid Staffs', concerns over brain bleed …
But it also found poor care in some areas, with GPs failing to recognise severe headache as a potential symptom and only 18% of patients undergoing a neurological examination when admitted to hospital. And delays in care at hospital were more common at … Read more on Pulse

Lyndsay Hendry at Advance Rehab Centre – Senior Neurological Physiotherapist.