Action for Brain Injury Week 2023

Action for Brain Injury Week or ABI Week is an annual campaign designed to raise awareness of the devastating effects of brain injury and is organised by Headway - the brain injury association, one of the UK's leading brain injury charities and a charity we hold dear to our hearts here at Potter Rees Dolan. This year the focus is on a powerful statistic - every 90 seconds, someone in the UK is admitted to hospital with a brain injury. 

There are many possible causes of brain injuries: road traffic collisions, a knock to the head due to an assault, strokes and brain tumours. A brain injury can also be sustained through the negligence of a medical professional during surgery or birth, for example. 

Everything about us as individuals is controlled by the brain; how we talk, how we move, what we say and how we feel. A brain injury can have devastating, life-long effects on anyone, and not only affect the person injured, but also their family and friends. 

Support Headway - the brain injury association

This Action for Brain Injury Week, why not take a few minutes to find out more about Headway and the work they do and, if you can, get involved by donating, volunteering, or simply raising awareness of the charity's services – 'because every 90 seconds, someone like you needs their help'.

Specialist Brain Injury Solicitors

At Potter Rees Dolan, we have experienced lawyers who specialise in handling head and brain injury claims. We are authorised members of Headway’s personal injury solicitors list and comply with their Code of Conduct, meaning you can rest assured your case is dealt with by an expert brain injury solicitor. 

Here are some examples of how we have helped secure compensation for our clients, enabling them to pay for the aftercare and rehabilitation they need to help to move forward with their lives following a brain injury:

• High Court at Manchester awards e-cyclist damages
• Woman suffered traumatic brain injury and fractures after being knocked down whilst out shopping
• Compensation secured for young man 15 years after brain injury
• University student awarded over £1million after being hit by car
• Compensation secured for life changing brain injury following misdiagnosis

• £30 million secured for young man severely injured following road traffic accident

If you or a loved one would like specialist legal advice following a brain injury, contact our team of serious injury solicitors today on 0800 027 2557 or fill out a contact form here.