Latest news and brain injury articles

Oldham Coroner Simon Nelson wants to see a change in Royal Oldham’s hospital procedure following the sudden death of a patient in 2011. Nelson wants to review the practice of giving anticoagulants (blood thinners) before…
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‘Fabulous, vibrant, energetic, passionate’; some of the words used by the judges to for the  Moore Stephen Business of the Year award, won by Brain Injury Group supplier Independent Living Solutions Ltd (ILS). The award…
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The Law Society said yesterday that people affected by brain injury risk being under compensated if they make a claim through their insurers. The Brain Injury Group would add to this that only a specialist…
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The Law Society of England and Wales has warned the people who have suffered a brain injury as a result of a personal injury accident may lose out on vital funds if they do not…
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The Brain Injury Group – a network of expert brain injury lawyers and specialist support services – has added three new members to its growing group. Geoffrey Leaver Solicitors, based in Milton Keynes, will cover…
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Anosmia, the medical term for the loss of the sense of smell, is just one of the many side effects than can result from a brain injury. Double Olympic medallist James Cracknell has experienced this….
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As Armed Forces Day approaches, it’s timely to remember the people who have served their country, many of whom have to live with injuries for the rest of their lives. The problems faced by returning…
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Our friends at ‘Brain Injury is Big’ (B.I.G.), a registered charity, celebrated the two year anniversary of setting up their support group on the 23 June, at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability where they all…
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Our friends at Children’s Trust, who run the Brain Injury Hub, the childhood brain injury information website, are looking for children and young people with an acquired brain injury to help create a new information…
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“I’ll never give up on my brain injured husband” says Nicola Hiscocks whose husband, Ashley, suffered serious head and orthopaedic injuries in a motorcycle crash with an uninsured van driver eight years ago. Ashley suffered multiple…
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