Brain Injury Team

Introduction

The Brain Injury Team is a multidisciplinary therapy team based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. We offer in and out patient assessment and therapy for adults (16 years plus) who have had an acquired brain injury and who are resident in Gloucestershire. The team offers intensive acute therapy immediately post injury, through community rehabilitation and outpatients follow up, sometimes years after the brain injury. We cover the spectrum of severe to mild brain injuries.

Remit

The Gloucestershire Brain Injury Team are a multidisciplinary therapy team offering in and out-patient assessment and therapy for adults (aged 16 years and above) who have had an acquired brain injury. We are based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital but are a countywide service accepting referrals from Consultants, GPs, Therapists and the brain injury association, Headway. We work between the hours of 8.30am and 4.30 pm Monday to Friday.

For all Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust internal referrals you can use the online referral form on our Brain Injury Team Intranet Site. Or for community/External referrals in writing to:

Brain Injury Team
Ground Floor Beacon House,
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital,
Great Western Road,
Gloucester.
GL1 3NN

• Brain Injury Team Care Pathway

Meet The Team

Information from the Brain Injury Team about the role of each professional

• Administrator Role
• Secretarial Role

• Clinical Psychologist Role
• Physiotherapist Role
• Occupational Therapist Role
• Speech and Language Therapist Role
• Therapy Technician Role

Brain Injury Team Services

The Gloucestershire Brain Injury Team offers a range of services for individuals who have had an acute brain injury. These include acute in-patient rehabilitation, post-acute rehabilitation, out-patient services on the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital site and community services.

• Early Discharge Programme
• Mild Head Injury Clinic
• The Brain Injury Group
• Staff Consultancy
• Vestibular Rehabilitation

Out of County Rehabilitation

Following a period of acute in-patient rehabilitation with the Brain Injury Team, a patient may benefit from a further period of post-acute rehabilitation. This may be in a variety of different settings depending on the specialist needs of the patient. When ever possible patients will stay in County but on some occasions referral to an out of County rehabilitation unit will be required.

For all patients receiving rehabilitation out of county the Gloucestershire BIT allocates a key worker to facilitate liaison whilst the patient is out of county and a smooth transition back into county. The key worker responsibilities are as follows: -

• To attend meetings in the out of county unit as appropriate

• To liaise with the allocated social worker

• To Inform the patient and relatives the who key worker is and how to contact them

• To liaise with the Out of County Unit regarding patient goals to be completed upon discharge

• To send out a leaflet and follow up with phone call to the family to introduce the Brain Injury Team and the services available

• To link with the patients GP as soon as possible

Where funding is agreed by the PCT, patients may transfer to either: -

• Bath Head Injury Unit
  

• Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre
  

• Ledbury - Shaw Healthcare ABI Unit
  

• Oxford Centre for Enablement
  

Contact Us

For general enquiries please contact: -

E-mail Brain Injury@glos.nhs.uk

Tel: - 08454 22 5139

Fax: - 08454 22 5133

Additional Information

Head Injury Team Leaflets

• The Brain Injury Team
  

• Head Injury Information Leaflet
  

• Brain Injury Team Referral Information
  

• Brain Injury Team Information for Patients Receiving Outpatient Therapy
  

• Managing Fatigue after Brain Injury
  

Other Information

• Trust Tracheostomy Policy

Links

• Headway - the Brain Injury Association
  

• Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre
  

• Oxford Centre for Enablement
  

• Bath Head Injury Unit
  

• Driving Assessment Centre
  

• Guidance for returning to driving after injury
  

• National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions
  

• Ledbury - Shaw healthcare ABI Unit
  

• Voyage Care ABI Unit
  

• The Dean Neuro Centre