Ashtons Brain Injury Case Management Conference 2027

Welcome

I am delighted to announce the date for our 2027 Annual Brain Injury Case Management Conference. We shall be returning to the Hilton in Coventry on Thursday 11th February.

Sponsor

I would also like to welcome our new sponsor for this year, Superior Healthcare.

Superior Healthcare is a specialist care provider working across Kent, Essex, Surrey, and Sussex, supporting children, young people, and adults with complex care needs.

Please take a look at the link below to learn more about the services they offer.

Complex Care at-Home - Care Services - Superior Healthcare

Programme

Join us for a thought-provoking conference focused on the practical, legal and human challenges of supporting people after brain injury. The day’s programme brings together leading experts from law, therapy and care to explore some of the most important issues facing professionals in this field, from positive risk-taking and mental capacity to funding decisions, case management and client-centred care.

Attendees will gain valuable insight into how to balance independence with safety, manage complex litigation-related decisions before settlement, and build trust when clients, families and professionals have differing priorities. Through a mix of expert presentations, interactive discussion and practical case-based learning, the conference is designed to offer both strategic thinking and real-world guidance.

The afternoon sessions will focus on the development and management of care teams after brain injury, including the challenges of directly employed carers and the comparison between direct employment and agency care. With dedicated networking opportunities throughout the day and a closing Q&A panel, this promises to be an engaging and highly relevant event for anyone involved in brain injury support, rehabilitation or litigation.

08.30 - Coffee & Registration

09:30 - Welcome & Introduction – Richard Baker KC, 7BR

09:40 – Sponsors segment – The Superior Healthcare Group

09:55 – Session TBC

10:40 – Positive Risk-Taking After Brain Injury: Who Gets to Decide What's Safe? - Chris Hall, The OT Practice

A client wants to cook independently, go out alone, manage money or return to driving. Their family or support team is uncomfortable with the risks. Explore proportionate risk assessment, mental capacity, graded exposure, environmental strategies how best to support independence.

11:10 - Coffee & Networking

11:40 – ‘Spending my client’s money’ – the role of the litigation lawyer before quantum settlement – Natalie Cosgrove, Ashtons Legal

A particular focus on a non-infinite amount of money, how we spend on cases where there is not 100% liability, and how to manage when we don’t know when the next interim payment is going to come in and for how much. How case managers can assist the litigation lawyers and vice versa.

12:10 – The Human Side of Complex Cases: Building Trust When Everyone Wants Something Different - Felicity Sparkes, Ashtons Legal

Brain injury cases bring together clients, families, deputies, solicitors, therapists, care providers and case managers, each with their own perspective, priorities and concerns. Navigating these competing viewpoints requires more than technical expertise.

This highly interactive session explores how to build trust, manage conflict and create alignment when there is no obvious right answer. Through discussion, reflection and practical case scenarios, delegates will explore the skills that help professionals move complex cases forward whilst keeping the client at the heart of every decision.

12:40 - Lunch

13:40 - Introduction to the afternoon sessions

13:45 – Care Teams Part 1: Building and retaining directly employed care teams after brain injury – Luis Williamson, Williamson Care – Shabnam Berry-Khan, PsychWorks Associates Ltd

This session brings together the key professionals involved in setting up and running directly employed care teams for clients with a brain injury. The speakers will navigate common challenges ranging from family trust to disputed invoices.

14:45 - Coffee & Networking

15:00 – Care Teams Part 2: Direct employment vs agency care after brain injury: which works better? - Luis Williamson, Williamson Care - Shabnam Berry-Khan, PsychWorks Associates Ltd

Building on Part 1, we draw on qualitative and quantitative research to unpack both models in a brain injury context, weighing up the pros and cons of each. The aim is to cut through the ambiguity so clients, families and the professionals supporting them can make a properly informed choice on how care is delivered in the home.

16:00 – Q&A Panel Session

16:30 - Close

Who should attend?

Our day is aimed at Brain Injury Case Managers and other practitioners in the field, inclusive of therapists, support workers, social workers and those with an interest in the Court of Protection. Our aim is to come together and provide an informative and interactive day with the purpose of sharing useful practical points you can take away and apply in your everyday work in this specialist field.

The conference will again be supported by a host of relevant exhibitors who look forward to meeting you and the day continues to be an excellent networking opportunity with colleagues, referrers and suppliers alike.

Staff from Ashtons Legal will be present on the day from our Court of Protection, Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury teams who look forward to meeting you, strengthening existing relationships and building new ones.

Booking

Our buy three places get one free offer with be available again, please book three places and contact me directly with the name of your forth colleague.

We always aim to keep ticket prices as low as possible, staying true to our conference objectives of providing cost effective learning and the chance to catch up and network with contacts and friends.

If you need further information please get in touch.

I hope you can join us.

Best wishes

Toby

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