The Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine has invited Dr Manoj Sivan to deliver the keynote lecture at its conference in Melbourne, Australia on 12 May, 2022. Dr Sivan one of only three UK rehabilitation specialists to have ever been invited to give this prestigious lecture. The AFRM’s annual keynote lecture was named the George Burniston…
Category: Rehabilitation
Innovative IQoro neuromuscular treatment device achieves NHS prescription status
IQoro, a treatment device for swallowing dysfunction and acid-reflux based diseases, will be added to the Drug Tariff from May 1st this year. It has previously been used by around 75,000 individuals that have self-purchased, and by SLTs and neuro-rehab clinicians in 40 or more NHS trusts. IQoro is a simple hand-held device that is…
William Wordsworth’s former Lake District home transformed into neurorehabilitation centre
Calvert Reconnections has today opened its doors – transforming the one-time Lake District home of poet William Wordsworth into a neurorehabilitation centre. It is located at Old Windebrowe, a Grade II listed Tithe barn on the outskirts of the bustling market town of Keswick in the Lake District. The centre is the UK’s first residential…
£165k boost for brain injury survivors in the Scottish Borders
A new service for brain injury survivors in the Scottish Borders has been launched following a £165,000 funding boost from the National Lottery Community Fund. Dynamic Community Fusion (DCF), a Galashiels-based social enterprise, has been awarded two years of funding to deliver the new Reconnect with Confidence programme for people living with brain injuries or…
Online auction for Newly Injured Scheme
Neurokinex, a specialist paralysis rehabilitation charity with sites at Gatwick, Hemel and Bristol, is running an online auction for two weeks from noon on Friday July 17th until noon on Friday July 31st to raise funds to safeguard the future of its Newly Injured Scheme. The auction includes a wide choice of lots including sports…
