Talking trauma

Legal podcast- mental capacity

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:18:31 +0100

Kate Edwards of Fletchers solicitors discusses mental capacity and decision making after brain injury

Court of protection handbook

Fletchers

Innovation podcast- Neurogaurd

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:39:54 +0000

Mike Barnes' award winner and paramedic Steve Purdy talks about his new device for us in ambulances.

Neuroguard

Mike Barnes Award

Innovation podcast- Thermotraumaport

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:17:31 +0000

Listen to a conversation about a new heated stretcher which promises to help save lives.

https://www.thermotraumaport.com/

https://www.eaaa.org.uk/

Charity podcast- Child Brain Injury Trust

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:22:01 +0000

Sharon Buckland from CBIT talks about brain injury in the young and the support needed by families.

Read about the trust

Find out about N-ables

Read CBIT's réponse to the recent government SEND strategy

Research podcast-FIELD

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:38:59 +0000

The Field study showed that rates of a kind of dementia are 3 times higher amongst professional football players. James discusses the project with Willie Stewart

The field study

Patient story- Steve Brown

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000

T.V presenter and paralympian Steve Brown talks to James about injury and identity.

Research podcast- TBI reporter

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:36:16 +0000

Prof David Menon talks about the UK wide research platform TBI-Reporter.

https://tbi-reporter.uk/

Innovation podcast- Knitregen

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:19:37 +0000

Many people have limited movement after a stroke. Hear about a new technology which promises a new way to restore motion.

Find out more at https://www.knitregen.com/

Innovation podcast- Motor learning

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:46:15 +0000

James talks to Ian howard about a new system to asses motor learning and movement.

Ian's research group http://www.howardlab.com

The backwards Bike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0

Innovation podcast- Eye focus

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:40:56 +0000

Spatil neglect affects as many as 1/3 of stroke survivors. James talks with Stephanie Rossit about the condition and a new project which hopes to help.

Eyefocus https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/uea-researchers-developing-revolutionary-new-stroke-recovery-app

The Man who mistook his wife for a hat

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63697.The_Man_Who_Mistook_His_Wife_for_a_Hat_and_Other_Clinical_Tales

Spatial neglect

https://www.stroke.org.uk/stroke/effects/problems-noticing-things-on-one-side-spatial-neglect

Clinical guideline

Rehabilitation and recovery - psychological effects of stroke - National Clinical Guideline for Stroke

Charity Podcast- Anchorpoint

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:10:33 +0000

James talks to Alyson Norman about support for families after brain injury.

Anchorpoint

Innovation- fetal monitoring

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 09:04:30 +0000

A conversation with Antoniya Georgieva from Oxford university about the use of AI to identify babies at risk of brain injury during birth.

Oxford Labour Monitoring — Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health

MMBRACE

Prof Redman obituary

Charity podcast- Stroke Association

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:42:17 +0100

Juliet Bouverie of the Stroke Association talks to James about the work of the charity and the impact of stroke.

The Stroke association

Nrol

Brain injury innovation- HEADY

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:07:40 +0100

James talks to Theo Farley and Aaron Chung-Jukko about a new concussion tracking app

Too many to count

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:16:14 +0100

James talks about brain injury and domestic abuse with Stephanie Bechelet from Brainkind. Read the Too many to count report here

Patient Story- Steph Grant

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:10:57 +0100

Steph talks about his brain injury, going to university and work with homeless people.

Patient Story- Greg Dean

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:50:10 +0100

James takes to Greg about his brain haemorrhage and volunteer work

Headway Cambridge and Peterborough

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:36:54 +0100

Hear about the work of Headway Cambridge and Peterborough who support people with brain injuries

Coma in Fiction and reality

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:12:55 +0100

How are comas and brain injuries shown in books and movies? James talks to Matthew Colbeck about his research exploring the gap between fact and fiction.

Patient story -Kavita

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:41:06 +0100

Kavita shares the story of her brain haemorrhage and talks to James about her Patient Involvement work.

The cost to the UK of acquired brain injury

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:36:35 +0100

How much does brain injury cost the country? James Piercy talks to Chloe Hayward Executive director of UKABIF and economist Jennifer Misak about a new report exploring the impact of abi on the nation

Patient story -Jesús Montero

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:07:46 +0100

Jesús Montero shares the story of his traumatic brain injury. He talks to James about the need to improve care and support for all.

Patient story -Gillian

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:45:57 +0100

Gillian shares the story of her son's brain injury, unmet needs and her motivation to become Involved in research

A new project exploring brain cooling

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:27:41 +0000

Can we cool injured brains without harming other parts of the body?

Listen to James Piercy talk with Enrico Giuliani, Founder of NeuronGuard, and Andrea Lavinio, Clinical Lead and Consultant in NeuroTrauma, about Aurora, a selective and portable cerebral targeted temperature management system, and their next study SELETHERM 2 (Selective Brain Temperature Management).

Animorph - Modernising digital health care

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:21:53 +0000

New tech and gamification can support rehabilitation.

Listen to James Piercy talk with Szczepan Orlins, Founder of Animorph Coop, a company that aims to push rehabilitation into the future and make it fun and accessible for your home. They discuss 2 new devices that support the rehabilitation of people with brain injury: EyeFocus and CrossSence.

Decently - Tracking and recording behaviour using Melo

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:11:29 +0000

Using new tech to track and record information about patients.

Listen to James Piercy talk to James Chapman, co-founder of Decently, about Melo and how data can be used to understand people’s recovery journey. During your time as a patient in a hospital, you go through many different teams. As patients are handed between departments, data is often lost, and patients have to explain their situation all over again. Melo is data collection software that tracks patient behaviour during their time in the hospital, monitoring their entire journey.

Non-invasive brain injury monitoring

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:09:54 +0000

Understanding what is going on inside someone's head is crucial. Is it possible to do this without piercing the skull?

Listen to James Piercy talk with Jeremy Holland, Chief Executive of Crainio, about their non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring system. Crainio has developed a sensor which can be stuck to the outside of the head and monitor the pressure using infrared light and machine learning. The results are then continuously displayed in real time. This exciting new technology will reduce infection and could allow first responders to measure intracranial pressure at the scene of an accident.

NIHR Brain Injury HRC - Restoration and Rehabilitation Theme

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:52:00 +0000

Professor Valerie Pomery and James discuss what different methods are used in rehabilitation and how biomarkers may be the key to creating more effective personalised therapies. They also discuss the similarities and differences between physical and cognitive rehabilitation. Are there any cutting-edge techniques which could restore brain function, and will they be enough on their own to ensure recovery?

NIHR Brain Injury HRC - Prevention and Education Theme

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:40:42 +0000

Dr Mark Wilson, Professor Julie Mytton, and James discuss what we can do to prevent brain injury and what we can do in the pre-hospital phase to reduce long-term injuries. Julie talks about the importance of collecting and using data to help predict outcomes for patients. Mark talks about the latest technologies being trialled to see how they can improve outcomes, and testing different techniques to ensure that the way we manage injury is the best, rather than what we have always done.

NIHR Brain Injury HRC - Acute Care and Monitoring Theme

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:51:28 +0000

Dr Virginia Newcombe and James discuss the acute time period when patients with brain injury enter the hospital and how they are managed in our emergency departments. They discuss some cutting-edge monitoring techniques used in Critical Care, some new research being done in this area, and how this can improve care given to patients.

NIHR Brain Injury HRC - Life Course Theme

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:48:30 +0000

Professor Topun Austin and James discuss the effects of brain injury at the extremes of life and how the way we treat people and their brains at these key points in time can have huge effects on their recovery journey. They also explore some of the cutting-edge techniques in the neonatal sphere and discuss their positive benefits, but they also explore the dangers of these new techniques. What is the best way to look after a brain at these two important stages of life?

NIHR Brain Injury HRC - Diagnostics Theme

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 13:40:46 +0100

Professor Stephen Price and James discuss new techniques for understanding how to diagnose patients correctly, some of the limitations of current diagnostic practice, and the importance of diversifying data across different injuries, communities and ethnic backgrounds. How can we strengthen the prognosis for patients by looking at the data we collect and changing the current pathways in place?

Immature platelets

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 20:20:54 +0100

A conversation with Paul Vuilliamy about the role of young platelets in blood clotting

Group B or not Group B

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 20:19:29 +0100

Following serious injury blood may not clot properly. James Piercy talks to Henry Schofield and recent work linking this coagulopathy to blood type.

Cutting knife injuries

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 20:15:40 +0100

A conversation about research to better understand the social factors that can lead to knife injuries