Seminars

Annual Personal Injury Seminar 2018 | 2 days – Manchester

Date

03/07/2018

Cost

1 Day £150 (+ VAT) | 2 days £295 (+ VAT)

CPD

5 CPD (each day)

Venue

Radisson Blu Edwardian, Manchester M2 5GP

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This two day event will look at all aspects of rehabilitation concentrating on brain injury and will also cover spinal injury and amputation.

This event is a headline rehabilitation event designed for personal injury lawyers, insurers, case managers and other health and social care professionals working with brain and spinal injuries.

Day 1

Rehabilitation in Brain Injury

08:50 – 09:20 – Coffee and Registration

09:20 – 09:30 – Welcome

09:30 – 10:00 – Mike Barnes – Professor of Neurological Rehabilitation and Managing Partner of National Neurological Rehabilitation Chambers – Things missed and messed up after traumatic brain injury

10:00 – 10:30 – Heather Batey – Occupational Therapist at Reach Personal Injury Services Ltd –  Care, Support or Rehabilitation: Are we offering a fish or a fishing lesson?

10:30 – 11:00 – Maggie Sargent – CCMS – Value of group holidays

11:00 – 11:20 – Coffee break

11:20 – 11:50 – Sean Day – Calvert Trust – The power of the great outdoors

11:50 – 12:20 – Bill Braithwaite QC – Exchange Chambers – ADR as it relates to rehabilitation and the choice of unit and type

12:20 – 12:50 – Dr Julian Harriss – National Neurological Rehabilitation Chambers – Choosing the right expert 

12:50 – 13:40 – Lunch

13:40 – 14:10 – Dr Peter Savundra – The Portland Hospital – The vestibular system, performance and emotion, including physical deconditioning in rehabilitation

14:10 – 14:40 – Dr Marc Beale – Malvern Scientific – Assistive Technology in neuro-rehabilitation and personal injury litigation 

14:40 – 15:00 – Coffee break

15:00 – 15:30 – Helen Gill-Thwaites – Gill-Thwaites & Elliott Consulting – Assessing Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (PDOC). Detective Work at Its Best

15:30 – 16:00 – Paul Kirtley – Exchange Chambers – Severe Head Injury, Rehabilitation, Joint Case Managers and Private Funding/ State Provision – a look at the legal realities of funding rehabilitation in the more challenging cases

 

Day 2 

08:50 – 09:20 – Coffee and Registration

09:20 – 09:30 – Welcome

What you need to know about prosthetic rehabilitation

09:30 – 09:50 –  Paul Richardson – Pace Rehabilitation – Things to consider and what you need to know about amputee rehabilitation

09:50 – 10:20 –  Gerard Martin QC – Exchange Chambers – The law and how to apply it in amputee rehabilitation

10:20 – 10:50 – Zeeshan Sheikh – Plastic Surgeon, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust – What’s a plastic surgeon got to do with it all? – Zeeshan will be discussing issues related to amputee patients that are referred to him for potential surgical intervention and how they tend to deal with stump complications. 

10:50 – 11:10 – Coffee break

11:10 – 11:40 – Joanna Lane plus Consultant Neurologist Dr Shagufay Mahendran – The Walton Centre – Endocrine problems – a frequently missed barrier to rehabilitation

11:40 – 12:10 – Howard Jackson – TRU Rehabilitation – Acquired Brain Injury and Issues of Mental Capacity 

12:10 – 12:30 – Michelle Kudhail – National Neurological Rehabilitation Chambers – The real value of the Physio expert 

12:30 – 13:20 – Lunch

13:20 – 14:50 – Meet the Experts – Heather BateyMaggie SargentMark HollowayAngela KerrDr Neil BrooksCathy Johnson, and Vicki Gilman – An interactive session with the opportunity to speak directly to a range of experts

14:50 – 15:10 – Coffee break

Rehabilitation in spinal injury

15:10 – 15:30 – David Knifton QC – Exchange Chambers – The role of a legal team in spinal injury rehabilitation

15:30 – 16:00 – Simon Arnold – ‘the client’ – Simon will talk about his rehabilitation journey 

16:00 – 16:30 – Mr. Joy Roy Chowdhury MBBS, MRCS – Clinical Lead & Consultant Surgeon in Spinal Injuries at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Spinal Cord Injury – Its More Than Just Medicine 

 

How to Book

To book either Day 1 or Day 2, the cost is £150 + VAT per day. If you wish to attend both days, the cost will be £295 + VAT.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the day.

To book, please click here to complete the booking form. Contact Jo Stapley if you require any further information.