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The research behind a new initiative to raise awareness and knowledge of brain injury rehabilitation

Following analysis of data for the year 2020-21, The Disabilities Trust has published its gender pay gap report, which shows a small gap which is far lower than the industry average.

This month we invited Dr Miles Rogish, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at The Disabilities Trust, to give us his personal take on the research he has been doing on compassion focused therapy.

In 2022, our Research and Clinical Leadership teams joined efforts to launch a new initiative to get our staff thinking about the underlying principles behind our approach to brain injury rehabilitation, introducing monthly ‘Rehab Mantras’.

Some might think that a scientific take on dating might kill its aura of mystery and romance, unless, of course, for those who are passionate about science!

Recording clinical data on a general database is not always the top priority in a busy practitioner’s long to-do list, with many unsurprisingly citing practical reasons as barriers to recording outcomes in this way [1]. The other side of the coin, though, is that much can be learned by analysing pooled outcome data.

At the Trust, the services we provide aim to help people live as independently as possible, develop their lives as they choose and participate in the wider community. This couldn’t be done without our incredible staff, including those who work on the front line with the people we support.

Lockdowns don’t make research easier, and 2021 welcomed us with one. We used the opportunity to reflect and review our priorities and processes, with the aim of increasing focus and engagement in research and improving how we share our learnings more broadly. In early 2021 we implemented our renewed Research Framework, and we’ve been busy with this ever since.

As the year draws to a close and we continue to celebrate the Governments announcement of an Acquired Brain Injury strategy, our Director of Governance and Quality Assurance, Victoria, shared the importance of lived experience involvement in the development of the strategy.

Following the exciting announcement on Thursday 2nd December that the Government will commit to drafting a strategy on Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) to meet the needs of those with a brain injury in the UK, our Director of Communications and the Foundation talks about what this means to us.