First day of my final MSc module before dissertation! Yippeeee 📚 🧠

🚨STROKE REHAB TRIAL🚨 We are now ready to recruit to the TRICEPS trial-investigating Vagus Nerve Stimulation (TVNS) for arm recovery after stroke. sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.u… If this is you +you’d like to find out more -please get in touch for a chat 👇🏽 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust UHD Therapies (also on Bluesky)

Excited to announce I’ve been selected as a 2024 Bevan Commission Bevan Fellow! Can’t wait to collaborate with fellow innovators and begin working on “Creative Communicators: A group-based collaboration between the Speech and Language Therapy Services of the CardiffandVale UHB

We must end the rehab postcode lottery so that everyone’s #RightToRehab is realised. We’re proud to support the Right to Rehab Campaign celebrating peoples’ first words or footsteps after illness or injury. ➡️ Learn more and sign the petitionforrehab.com #RehabLegend

MSc study day on ‘Spasticity Management’, exploring the pathology, impact, assessment and management of spasticity in neurology 🧠 It’s been a very reflective morning, and will most definitely enrich and inform future clinical decision making 💭 Cardiff University

jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba… Band 6 #SLT opportunity to come & join the Stroke Rehabilitation MDT in #Cardiff Cardiff and Vale University Health Board We run daily groups, have access to VF clinic & are involved in the PhEAST Trial work alongside our B3, B5 & B7! ❤️ We’d love to hear from you ❤️

Your brain is amazing! 🧠 ♻️ After a stroke, parts of the brain die. But rather than give up, your brain can rewire itself to avoid the areas affected by the blood clot or bleed. Neuroplasticity is the reason recovery can continue well into the future: bit.ly/3LXV8ct

I’ve just received my delivery of children’s books from Different Strokes - Stroke Support UK. The books have been designed with the help of families and children impacted by stroke to facilitate conversation and help them understand what has happened to their loved ones. Absolutely LOVE this!

Stroke OT CPD morning 🌟 We run these three times a year as an opportunity to reflect as a team, share training and learning and to regroup as a stroke pathway. A great session today focusing on Repetitive Task Training and Occupational Injustice Cardiff and Vale UHB Occupational Therapy Service

Great representation from Cardiff&Vale UHB at the Welsh Stroke Conference this year, including SLTs Community Aphasia Friendly Choir 🎶 Charlotte presented our Stroke OT’s work on the use of virtual home environment assessments 🏠 Esther Goodhew Cardiff and Vale UHB Occupational Therapy Service

A very special award, well done to everyone involved!! I enjoy working with a team who strive to improve patient care, rehabilitation and a better working environment. Spinal Injuries Association T&OC&V CSP Wales ATOCP Physio 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Great occupational therapy representation across services at my OT Bitesize talk today. We discussed the OT role in upper limb management, treatment approaches and the limitations we find in service provision. Thank you for having me 🌟 Cardiff and Vale UHB Occupational Therapy Service

Official passed my second year of my MSc 🤩🥳 one more to go…..

🚨 Administration Band 3 post out to advert 🚨 🌟 Join our team! We’re hiring part time administration for our Early Supported Discharge (ESD) community stroke team. I’d love to hear from you if you’re interested 😁 #NHSJobs #Stroke jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

On #WorldStrokeDay we are celebrating the rehabilitation journey of Enrique who suffered a devastating stroke aged 35. Ten months after being discharged from the Stroke Rehabilitation Centre, Enrique is back bringing hope and joy to other stroke patients. orlo.uk/Yp9rm

If you have upper limb weakness post stroke and want to get involved in research at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, please read below and get in touch 🧠💪🏻 #WorldStrokeDay2024

🏳️‍⚧️ Today is Trans Day of Visibility. #TDoV The discrimination faced by trans and non-binary people worldwide is unacceptable. We stand with and celebrate all trans and non-binary people in the occupational therapy community and beyond. #TransDayOfVisibility