“Taking a Chance to Recover: Families Look Back on the Decision to Pursue Tracheostomy After Severe Acute Brain Injury”

RT @BioethicsUK: New paper in the Canadian Journal of Bioethics: Conscientious Objection and the Provision of Abortion at Late(r) Stages of….

Saudi ‘Sleeping Prince’ dies after 20 years in coma

RT @RHNuk: 🦷 Improving Oral Care for People with a Neuro-disability🦷 .Tuesday 23 September 2025. Join our specialist dentistry team for a 1….

RT @UKABIF: With NABIF’s biannual conference now only a few weeks away, this is your gentle reminder that time is running out to get your t….

RT @BAPENUK: Have you registered for June's Clinical Nutrition Webinar? Upskill on Ethics & Nutrition with @KitzingerCelia, who was on the….

RT @HeadwayUK: We've put together a glossary of terms, explaining some of the different words you might hear when reading information on, o….

RT @NTFabiano: These findings are from a case report in @ClinicalNeuroph which describe the first-ever administration of psilocybin, a clas….

Judge v critical of the ICB & the hospital @RHNuk for failures in decision-making processes treating this PDoC patient. Useful analysis in the published judgment of factors influencing this & change needed, worth reading in full:.

RT @Capacitylaw: To celebrate 150 issues of the 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report, Tor Butler-Cole KC and recorded a chat about wher….

“there was powerful…evidence that JP would’ve hated to have been in (PDoC). His…wishes & feelings, articulated by his son, daughter, brother & his late partner, either found insufficient expression or were not heard by those charged with. responsibility for his medical care.”.

RT @RHNuk: Interdisciplinary Team Approach to the Management of Patients in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (PDOC). This one-day in-p….

RT @RHNuk: An Introduction to Thermoplastic Splinting of the Upper Limb in Neurological Conditions. This an exciting opportunity to attend….

Disturbing failures in best interests highlighted & a clear judgment made:.“ICBs should remain vigilant & proactive in ensuring that the care package continues to meet P’s assessed needs appropriately.” @WardHadaway .

RT @RHNuk: Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (PDOC) Observers Course for HCA, Carers and Rehabilitation assistants. This course has bee….

RT @clark345: Press release from NICE re the new Guidelines for Rehabilitation for Chronic Neuro Disorders (including ABI). These include g….

Evaluation of pain in patients with disorders of consciousness - Applied Neuroimaging.

RT @RHNuk: Come to our Oral intake in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness!. This is an overview from RHN's Speech and Language Therapy te….

RT @RHNuk: Module 1: PDOC Assessors Course Advancement of MDT Skills in Observation and Analysis of Behavioural Responses. The online cour….

RT @SloanMattinson: Come and join our fabulous SLT team! A perfect mix of complex patients to get your teeth stuck into, as well as in-hous….