News

09 May

Action for Brain Injury Week

Case managers are familiar with the challenges that come with working with people who have suffered an acquired brain injury and the impact it has on them and their families. Yet there continues to be a lack of awareness of brain injury outside the industry. MP Chris Bryant, who was knighted in the New Year’s Honours list, has been instrumental in bringing ABI into focus, and his work has pushed the government into creating a strategy for ABI. With the details of the strategy due to be published in June, it makes this year’s Action for Brain Injury Week even more important.

Action for Brain Injury Week

08 Mar

New Deputyship Standards

The 13th February 2023 saw the publication of the new OPG deputyship standards and accompanying guidance for lay, professional and public authority deputies. The new standards streamlined the July 2015 standards as well as creating new obligations that all Deputies ought to be aware of.

01 Feb

Knighthood For ABI Campaigner Chris Bryant

ABI campaigner Chris Bryant was knighted in King Charles III's first New Year’s Honours list. Sir Chris, who is the MP for Rhondda, has been at the forefront of efforts to introduce a strategy that will help simplify and widen access to increased support for brain injury survivors.

27 Feb

New Guidance for Members Receiving Requests for Operational and Standards Information released

This form has been devised by BABICM to support case managers with the information they might usefully provide to referrers from whom they receive requests for information about their services. It is for each company and/or individual to decide what information they wish to share. The following suggestions aim to help you to think through the information you have and to select what you wish to provide.

Guidance for Members Receiving Requests for Information about Standards and Operational Information

20 Feb

BABICM Best Practice Poster Presentation 2023

We are delighted to announce the launch of our Best Practice in Brain Injury and Complex Case Management Poster Presentation Submissions for 2023.

16 Dec

Irwin Mitchell LLP Case Management Due Diligence – teasing out the nuances

BABICM invited Irwin Mitchell to write this article to follow up on their industry wide communication setting out the due diligence that Irwin Mitchell LLP (IM) will be undertaking when deciding on the most suited case manager to instruct on behalf of our clients.

01 Nov

Bringing Balance to Case Management: An Exploration of Vestibular Issues

Our recent vestibular event in London welcomed case managers from across the country as we explored vestibular disorders, the effects they have and the different rehabilitation methods available.

03 Oct

BABICM Conference 2023 - After-Dinner Speaker Announced

We are delighted to announce that our after-dinner entertainer at the BABICM Annual Conference 2023 is Stand-up Comedian Paul Sinah.

21 Jul

BABICM members take part in published research

BABICM members took part in a research study, organised by the BABICM Research Group in conjunction with Plymouth University and recently published in the Journal of Long Term Care 1. The study showed that a good outcome in brain injury case management is client-centred and determined either by the client or in conjunction with the client, and where appropriate, their family to achieve improved quality of life1.

18 Jul

BABICM Annual Conference – June 2022

Over 380 case managers attended BABICM’s two-day Annual Conference held this month at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham. Vicki Gilman, BABICM Chair welcomed delegates to hear about new developments in Sport-related Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) on Day 1, followed by an update on Protection, Safeguarding and Regulation on Day 2.