Health Update
Brain Injury Conference
Thursday 21 May 2009
The Village Hotel, Coryton, Cardiff
This conference is aimed at individuals with a brain injury and their families, as well as service providers, clinicians, social workers, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and physiotherapists. Bookings for delegate places will be available from February 2009.
Speakers will include:
- Professor Rodger Wood, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist,
- Dorian Davies, Mental Capacity Act Implementation Manager for Clinical Governance Department
- Vicky Richards, Community Brain Injury Team,
- Wendy Griffiths, STAR Project
- District Judge Richard Dawson,
- John Kirkham, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Manager for South
- Dr. Seth Mensah, Neuropsychiatrist, Welsh Neuropsychiatry Service,
Time: All day (exact time to be confirmed)
Cost: TBC (delegate cost includes lunch)
Spinal Injury Conference
Thursday 12 November 2009
The Celtic Manor Resort, Newport
This conference is aimed at individuals with a spinal cord injury and their families, as well as service providers, clinicians, social workers, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Bookings for delegate places will be available from July 2009.
Speakers will include:
- Professor Geoffrey Raisman,
- Dr Jenny Thomas, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine,
- Mr Wagih Shafik El Masry, Consultant in Spinal Injuries / Medical Director of
Time: All day (exact time to be confirmed)
Cost: TBC (delegate cost includes lunch)
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21/11/07
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National inquiry criticises trauma care
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19/11/07
Mental health reform needs MP support
Jonathan Morgan,
THE Assembly recently voted unanimously to back my proposal to transfer responsibility for certain aspects of mental health legislation to
18/11/07
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They found a part of the cortex is thicker than in people who are free from the debilitating headaches. Full story:
15/11/07
Paralysed man's mind is 'read'
Scientists say they may be on the brink of translating into words the thoughts of a man who can no longer speak, after a pioneering experiment.
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14/11/07
Cash for child mental health
The government is to spend £30m to help put a stop to young mental health patients in
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13/11/07
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12/11/07
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