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Most people are seen in our outpatient clinic. People are admitted for inpatient care (7-bedded unit) when a community placement is not appropriate or sustainable due to confusion, disorientation, challenging behaviour, wandering and other cognitive deficits.
Publicly funded
- individually commissioned
Privately funded (anyone can purchase)
This Service was mapped by None. See HERE for more information
Patient description
Medically stable, but prolonged confusion, amnesia or behavioural difficulties, requiring specialist behavioural management, intensive supervision and secure environment
Sites
Specialist in-patient unit
Description of rehabilitation input
Specialist behavioural management, including high staffing: patient ratio to ensure intensive supervision and secure environment. Access to neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry
Patient description
Medically stable, living in community, aiming to enter/return to employment
Sites
Outpatient clinic – acute or community hospital or other community location
Description of rehabilitation input
Multidisciplinary diagnostic and triage clinic, including expert medical input, with specialist brain injury nurse and/or neuropsychological assessment and support and follow-along available. Education, emotional and social support, both for patient and family. Liaison with/advice to GP and employer.
Level 1 (highly specialised rehabilitation services): Treat patients with Category A needs and is led by a consultant trained and accredited in rehabilitation medicine or neuropsychiatry
Lishman Brain Injury Unit
Location and Contact detailsMaudsley Hospital Denmark Hill London Greater London SE5 8AZ Telephone: 020 3228 2092 or 020 3228 2137 http://www.national.slam.nhs.uk/services/adul... |
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Further Details
Our unit undertakes assessment, investigation and treatment of adults with an acquired brain injury, including traumatic and anoxic brain injuries, stroke, and encephalitis. We also see people with a primary mental illness diagnosis, who may also have suffered a brain injury, and people who may have sustained brain injuries in the context of drug or alcohol use.Most people are seen in our outpatient clinic. People are admitted for inpatient care (7-bedded unit) when a community placement is not appropriate or sustainable due to confusion, disorientation, challenging behaviour, wandering and other cognitive deficits.
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This service adheres to the following Regulatory Frameworks / is affiliated to the following bodies:
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Privately funded (anyone can purchase)
Typical duration that a service is offered
20 to 26 weeksThis Service was mapped by None. See HERE for more information
Services available are defined by the following EHIG Rehabilitation Codes
For an explanation of the codings please click hereBEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT UNIT
[Code 50]Patient description
Medically stable, but prolonged confusion, amnesia or behavioural difficulties, requiring specialist behavioural management, intensive supervision and secure environment
Sites
Specialist in-patient unit
Description of rehabilitation input
Specialist behavioural management, including high staffing: patient ratio to ensure intensive supervision and secure environment. Access to neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry
BRAIN INJURY CLINIC
[Code 85]Patient description
Medically stable, living in community, aiming to enter/return to employment
Sites
Outpatient clinic – acute or community hospital or other community location
Description of rehabilitation input
Multidisciplinary diagnostic and triage clinic, including expert medical input, with specialist brain injury nurse and/or neuropsychological assessment and support and follow-along available. Education, emotional and social support, both for patient and family. Liaison with/advice to GP and employer.
This service is defined by the NMDS (National Minimum Data Set) codes as:
For an explanation of the NMDS, please click hereLevel 1 (highly specialised rehabilitation services): Treat patients with Category A needs and is led by a consultant trained and accredited in rehabilitation medicine or neuropsychiatry
