What is an Immediate Needs Assessment?
An immediate needs assessment identifies the support a person needs following an acquired brain injury. This article explains what an INA involves and how Hawkley Rehab conducts them, using the WHO’s ICF framework and a bio-psychosocial approach.
Read article →What does a brain injury case manager do?
A brain injury case manager assesses needs, coordinates a rehabilitation team, and liaises with solicitors and families. This article explains what the role involves day to day, and how Hawkley Rehab works.
Read article →A guide for families: brain injury in adults
What brain injury does, what the rehabilitation journey involves, and how Hawkley Rehab works with families throughout. A plain-English guide for families and carers of adults with brain injury.
Read article →A guide for families: brain injury in children
Why childhood brain injury is different from adult brain injury, what “growing into deficit” means, and how Hawkley Rehab’s specialist expertise supports children and their families over the long term.
Read article →Brain injury case management in England and Wales
Where Hawkley Rehab works, how we manage cases across distance, and how to make a referral. Explains why England and Wales share a common legal framework for personal injury rehabilitation.
Read article →How brain injury case management is funded
Most case management is funded by insurance, not by families directly. This article explains the main routes: personal injury claims, interim payments, Court of Protection, NHS Continuing Healthcare, and private funding.
Read article →The Rehabilitation Code: what it means for you
A plain-English explanation of the Rehabilitation Code 2015 for families and clients. Covers why rehabilitation begins before a claim is settled, and what to expect from the process.
Read article →Deprivation of liberty after Cheshire West: what the Supreme Court’s ruling means for brain injury
On 2 June 2026, the Supreme Court overruled the Cheshire West judgment, changing how deprivation of liberty is assessed for people who lack mental capacity. This article explains what the ruling means for brain injury rehabilitation and the role of the case manager.
Read article →What is neurorehabilitation?
An introduction to neurorehabilitation: what it involves, who delivers it, and why the clinical qualifications of the people providing it matter.
Read article →Why family functioning matters after a child’s brain injury
Research by Louise Hawkley, drawn from her MSc in Neurorehabilitation, found a measurable link between family functioning and resilience in children with acquired brain injury.
Read article →What is resilience, and how does it help children recover from brain injury?
Louise Hawkley's MSc research measured resilience in children with brain injury using the RSCA. What mastery, resourcefulness and emotional reactivity mean for recovery.
Read article →Parenting style after brain injury: what the evidence says
Research links parenting style to long-term recovery outcomes after childhood brain injury. Louise Hawkley looks at what the evidence shows and what it means for families.
Read article →Emotional reactivity and vulnerability: the resilience factors most closely tied to family functioning
Children with brain injury show higher emotional reactivity and vulnerability than their peers. Louise Hawkley explains what this means and why family functioning shapes it.
Read article →Looking after yourself as a parent: why your own coping matters too
Research shows parental coping style is closely linked to family functioning after childhood brain injury. Louise Hawkley explains what the evidence says and why it matters.
Read article →Sense of mastery: helping children feel they have a say in their own recovery
Children with brain injury score lower on sense of mastery than their peers. Louise Hawkley explains what mastery means for recovery and why children's voice in rehabilitation matters.
Read article →What does NICE say about brain injury rehabilitation?
NICE guideline NG252 (2025) sets the national standard for brain injury rehabilitation. What it recommends, and what it means for solicitors, families, and case managers.
Read article →What is a holistic rehabilitation needs assessment?
A holistic rehabilitation needs assessment looks at every aspect of how a brain injury affects someone’s life. NICE guideline NG252 sets out what it should cover and why.
Read article →Goal setting after brain injury: how it works and why it matters
Goal setting is not a formality in brain injury rehabilitation. NICE guideline NG252 sets out how goals should be agreed, structured, and reviewed — and why it makes a difference to outcomes.
Read article →Invisible symptoms after brain injury: why they’re easy to miss
Cognitive fatigue, emotional dysregulation, and memory difficulties are common after brain injury but hard to see. This article explains why these symptoms get missed and what a proper assessment should do about it.
Read article →Childhood brain injury and education: what the evidence says
Brain injury can affect a child’s ability to learn in ways that only become apparent years later. Drawing on NG252 and Louise Hawkley’s research, this article explains what schools and case managers need to understand.
Read article →What does a cerebral palsy case manager do?
Cerebral palsy affects around one in every 400 children in the UK. This article explains what dedicated case management involves, from assessment through to transition planning and school liaison.
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