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A major new campaign – Right to Rehab – has launched calling for an end to the postcode lottery for NHS rehabilitation services that help people recover from the trauma of car crashes, cancer, or stroke. Unfortunately, there is currently no guaranteed access to this vital care and the call is for life-changing NHS rehabilitation services to be made available to everyone in the UK no matter where they live.
What is the Right To Rehab campaign?
The campaign encourages rehab patients to share their ‘first steps’ which are now displayed on billboards and the ‘re-learned voice’ is a radio advert with a voiceover from Richard Hammond, who himself needed specialist rehabilitation after suffering a traumatic brain injury following a high-speed crash while filming Top Gear in 2006.
The importance of rehabilitation
The specialist Personal Injury Team at Nelsons acts for Claimants who have suffered traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, orthopaedic trauma, and other serious injuries. The use of rehabilitation services is invaluable for getting those survivors back to the people and things that they love. The goals might not seem big – to hold a cup of tea, to say ‘I love you’ – but they are mountains to climb if a person’s mobility has been affected or if they have lost the power of speech. As part of the claim process, we work alongside specialist case managers and rehabilitation providers to support those Claimants.
Rehabilitation helps survivors reclaim their lives, builds independence, and reduces dependency on costly support services, even facilitating a return to employment for many.
To find out more and sign the petition please visit their website.
You can also share your rehabilitation stores using #RightToRehab and #RehabLegend
How can we help?
Hannah Manewell is an Associate in our Personal Injury team, which is ranked in Tier One by the independently research publication, The Legal 500. Hannah specialises in a wide range of personal injury matters, but with a focus on serious injury cases, including accidents at work, occupiers’ liability, and road traffic accidents.
If you need any advice in relation to the topics discussed in this article, please contact Hannah or another member of our specialist team. Please contact us via our online enquiry form or call 0800 024 1976 for a guaranteed response.
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