Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) E-Learning Resource


Project Working Group

  • Dr Alasdair Fitzgerald, Consultant in Neurorehabilitation, NHS Lothian.
  • Trish Gardner, Specialist Physiotherapist, ABI, NHS Lothian.
  • Sheena Glen, Neurorehabilitation Services Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead, Robert Fergusson Unit and Astley Ainslie Hospital, NHS Lothian.
  • Alison Hawitt, Speech and Language Therapist, ABI, NHS Lothian.
  • Dr Lorna Langrell, Associate Specialist in Neuropsychiatry (ABI), NHS Lothian.
  • Sonya Linton, Senior Social Worker, ABI, Edinburgh City Council.
  • Claire O’Brien, Brain Injury Nurse Specialist, NHS Glasgow.
  • Dr Brian Pentland, Retired Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine.

Project Coordinators and Editors

  • Alison Hawitt, Speech and Language Therapist, ABI, NHS Lothian.
  • Dr Lorna Langrell, Associate Specialist in Neuropsychiatry (ABI), NHS Lothian.

We would like to express our appreciation to the contributors, SABIN colleagues, expert readers and reviewers who have all supported the development of this website.

Contributors

  • Kirstin Dawson, Specialist Neurorehabilitation Occupational Therapy Service Team Lead, NHS Lothian.
  • Dr Alasdair Fitzgerald, Consultant in Neurorehabilitation, NHS Lothian.
  • Trish Gardner, Specialist Physiotherapist, ABI, NHS Lothian.
  • Sheena Glen, Neurorehabilitation Services Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead, Robert Fergusson Unit and Astley Ainslie Hospital, NHS Lothian.
  • Paula Gribben, Senior Occupational Therapist, Murdostoun Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Care Centre, Lanarkshire.
  • Tara Hargreaves, Dietitian with special interest in ABI, NHS Lothian.
  • Alison Hawitt, Speech and Language Therapist, ABI, NHS Lothian.
  • Marion Ireland, Dietitian with special interest in ABI, NHS Lothian.
  • Dr Lorna Langrell, Associate Specialist in Neuropsychiatry (ABI), NHS Lothian.
  • Alice Landrock, Specialist Neuro-behavioural Rehabilitation Occupational Therapy Service Team Lead, NHS Lothian.
  • Sonya Linton, Senior Social Worker, ABI, Edinburgh City Council.
  • Lynne Main, Specialist Neuro-Outpatient Rehabilitation Service Team Lead, NHS Lothian.
  • Dr Laura McWhirter, Senior Registrar in Neuropsychiatry, NHS Lothian.
  • Gillian Munday, Senior Occupational Therapist, Murdostoun Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Care Centre, Lanarkshire.
  • Claire O’Brien, Brain Injury Nurse Specialist, NHS Glasgow.
  • Dr Brian Pentland, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine (retired), NHS Lothian.
  • Anne Sanderson, Bladder and Bowel Nurse Specialist, NHS Lothian.
  • Dr Killian Welch, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, NHS Lothian.

Expert Readers

  • Linda Blackie, Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Lothian.
  • Kay Forbes, Head of Therapies, Murdostoun Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Care Centre.
  • Dr Andrew Harrison, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Case Management Services Ltd.
  • Debbie Jans, Co-ordinator KEYCOMM and Specialist Speech and Language Therapist.
  • Brenda Rainford, Optometrist, Edinburgh.
  • Stamatia Staikoudi, Senior Audiologist, NHS Lothian.

Reviewers
The team of reviewers and their colleagues kindly submitted helpful feedback during the development of this website:

  • Avril Beattie, Clinical Co-ordinator, Registered Nurse
    Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Stroke Liaison Service Specialist Services, Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership.
  • Dr Helen Gooday, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, NHS Grampian.
  • Shiona Hogg, AHP Manager for Acute and Rehabilitation Medicine, NHS Forth Valley.
  • Dr Ashish MacAden, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine and Stroke, NHS Highland.
  • Claire O’Brien, Brain Injury Nurse Specialist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.
  • Angela Sprott, Social Worker, West Dunbartonshire Council.

And also special thanks to our colleagues in the Robert Fergusson Unit who have contributed to the review process and supported us during the development of this website.