Hope Rehab Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation and Care at Home:  Conference 2026

Recent advances in the assessment, diagnosis and management  of people with severe brain injuries and a Disorder of Consciousness. National and international experts will be presenting latest research and developments in this topic.  

The conference programme also includes series of short ‘recent research’ presentations, ‘complex case study’ presentations and panel discussions on pressing topics over the two days.

Date: 23rd and 24th June 2026. 

Venue:   Chobham Golf Club, Chobham Road, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey GU21 2TZ


DRAFT Programme - two-day conference

TBC  Recent changes in the law regarding the decision making framework -Professor Lynne Turner-Stokes DM FRCP Director, Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow.

Modelling psychedelic treatments in DoC & fMRI analysis for DoC diagnosis/prognosis Naji Alnagger, PhD candidate, Coma Science Group, GIGA Consciousness, University of Liege, Belgium.

Managing autonomic Storming in people with Disorders of Consciousness - Dr Fahim Anwar, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine. Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.

Challenges in the litigation process involving severe brain injuries. Warren A Collins, Solicitor-Advocate, Partner, Personal Injury. Penningtons Manches Cooper. 

Assessing communication in patients emerging from PDOC – an interactional perspective. Dr Amy Pundole (PhD Clinical Communication Sciences), Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Royal Hospital for Neurodisability, Putney. 

TBC - Impact of the 10-year plan on rehabilitation and long term care for people with complex neuro disabilities

Guidance on use of antiseizure medication in PDOC &  Retrospective cohort analysis of the effects of muscle relaxants and anti-depressants in people with severe brain injuries and complex neuro disabilities’  - Dr Lloyd Bradley, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, Royal Hospital for Neurodisability, Putney.  

How to manage complications in people with complex neurodisabilities – strategies and challenges in early and late management  Prof Anand Pandyan,  Interim Dean for the Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton. 

Recovery and long term outcomes in PDOC patients. Dr Judith Allanson, Consultant in Neurorehabilitation, Royal Hospital for Neurodisability, Putney, Visitor, University dept of Aneasthetics, University of Cambridge)

What should be on offer: physical and postural management in Disorders of Consciousness (DOC). Dr Stephen Ashford, Consultant Physiotherapist and MSK Sonographer (Regional Hyper-acute Rehabilitation Unit). London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust 

The effectiveness and safety of botulinum toxin treatment for sialorrhea due to severe brain injury Teresa Clark, Consultant Physiotherapist, Royal Hospital for Neurodisability, Putney. 

PDOC Community Outreach services in Wales; Learning from experiences in a specialist centre. Georgina Jones, AHP Lead for Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness, Llandough Centre for Specialist Spinal and Neuro Rehabilitation, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board. 

Caring for people with complex disabilities in their own homes. Challenges and lessons learnt! Rasheed Meeran, Clinical Director, Hope rehab Ltd

Perspectives of hospice staff caring for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness following discontinuation of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration? A qualitative descriptive study. Natalie Priest, Band 7 Occupational Therapist, Llandough Centre for Specialist Spinal and Neuro Rehabilitation, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board



TBC - Fatigue management in people emerging from Disorders of Consciousness

TBC - Managing Diabetes in non-communicating patients with severe brain injuries.

TBC - End of life care in PDOC clinical and ethical challenges

TBC - Challenges in the provision of long term ventilation for people with severe brain injuries

TBC - Challenges in the physical management of people with severe brain injuries/ PDOC

TBC - The role of music therapy in the rehabilitation and long term management of PDOC patients



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