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Estimates indicate that in Peterborough something like 1000 people a year sustain a head injury whilst in East Cambridgeshire and Fenland 355 people were admitted to hospital with a head injury in 2007/8.

Thanks to Headway Cambridgeshire there are now some additional support services for these people. In the last month a specialist day service has been launched at the City Care Centre whist a Fenalnd Social Group has started up in the Five Stars pub in March.

Thanks to a grant from Awards for All a specialist day service is also now planned for March later in the year.

Headway Cambridgeshire continues to provide support to people with acquired brain injury to help them live as independently as possible and to make their own chocies to achieve their personal goals and aspirations.

For further details about all the support services currently available please go to www.headway-cambs.org.uk or call 01223 576550.

This is my first blog following a fantastic introduction by Ian McKendrick. You’ll find me talking about brain injury in future, but for now, a big thank you to Ian for taking the time out of his evening to help me understand some of the behind the scenes buttons and drop downs I need to know about to be able to write this blog.

Why brain injury? you may ask. Well I run an organisation (Headway Cambridgeshire) dedicated to improving life for people who have acquired a brain injury. We work across Cambridgeshire providing support and services to people in Addenbrookes hospital, through specialist day services in Cambridge, Huntingdon and Peterborough and helping people to cope with the effects of injury in their daily lives at home.

I’ll be commenting on some of the issues people face as well as topics which have a wider impact on the way support and services are delivered.

That’s it from me for the moment, I feel a bit like Captain Kirk, not quite knowing what’s out there but I look forward to finding out.

Andrew