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Community Brain Injury Team (Medway and Swale)

Location and Contact details Disablement Services Centre Medway Maritime Hospital Windmill Rd Gillingham Kent ME7 5NY Telephone: 01634 833937 http://www.kmpt.nhs.uk/community-brain-injury...

Type of organisation NHS Service Descripton of organisation Out patient Community Based Service miles (straight line) miles (approximate road distance) Entry last updated Mar 9, 2015

Further Details

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THIS SERVICE WAS IDENTIFIED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE RAPHAEL MEDICAL CENTRE

http://www.raphaelmedicalcentre.co.uk/

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The Community Brain Injury Team (CBIT) is an interdisciplinary team which provides neuro-rehabilitation for clients who have sustained a brain injury and are now living in a community setting in Medway and Swale. We do not provide an inpatient service.

Most of our referrals are for clients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury.

We also work with people who have had encephalitis, meningitis, anoxia or other brain injuries and people in low awareness states.

The CBIT works closely with the acute services and Social Services.

Criteria

We provide rehabilitation for adults who in this episode of care:

> Are aged 16 and over
> Have a single incident, non deteriorating acquired brain injury - See referrals section for examples (excluding strokes and progressive brain injuries)
> Require therapy from at least two or more disciplines in the team and demonstrate potential for improvement
> Are living in a community setting in the Sittingbourne, Isle of Sheppey or Medway area
> We also provide intervention for people who, following brain injury are in a vegetative/low awareness state and are being cared for in the community

Services available

	ABI Specialist	National	Regional	Local
Advice
Case Management
Information
Physiotherapy
Psychology
Rehabilitation Consultant
Speech & Language Therapy
Vocational Support

This service adheres to the following Regulatory Frameworks / is affiliated to the following bodies:

NHS Service
CQC Registered

Referrals can be made by

GP
Consultant
Healthcare Professional
Self/Advocate/Family
Other professional eg Social Care/Case Manager

- Referrals

The Community Brain Injury Team referral form can be requested from the Team Secretary on 01634 833937 or downloaded from our website.

How are services paid for?

Publicly funded - free at point of access

	Regularly	Sometimes	Never
NHS
Social Care Services
Jointly funded by NHS & Social Care Services

Typical duration that a service is offered

n/a


This Service was mapped by Kent ABI Forum. See HERE for more information

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Services available are defined by the following EHIG Rehabilitation Codes

For an explanation of the codings please click here

REHAB AT HOME

[Code 70]
Patient description
Medically stable, able to actively participate with and benefit from therapy. Will include spectrum of initial severity of injury with a small minority derived from Code 05 category

Sites
Domiciliary or day hospital

Description of rehabilitation input
Interdisciplinary co-ordinated management therapy aimed at community re-integration/inclusion by enhancing independence, wellbeing, & assist return to work/education. In collaboration with Social Services, neuropsychiatry, voluntary and statutory services. Includes treatment of patients in their own homes, or with live-in carers.

This service is defined by the NMDS (National Minimum Data Set) codes as:

For an explanation of the NMDS, please click here

Level 3B (local non-specialist rehabilitation services): Treat patients with Category D needs and can be led by non-medical staff