Principal Hospitals
The A&E Department is sited within Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical care is provided from Edinburgh and those returning after neurosurgical care would be admitted to the Victoria Hospital if requiring ongoing acute care management. There is no specific ward designated to admit such patients although the recent pathway has been in the main to the acute medical wards. If the patient is medically stable and a bed is available then the patient would be transferred direct to the Sir George Sharp Unit at Cameron Hospital.
Rehabilitation
Fife Neuro-rehabilitation Service is based at the Sir George Sharp Unit in Cameron Hospital and provides a Fife-wide service for those with physical disability due to neurological disability, primarily in the 16-64 age group.
Individuals requiring rehabilitation are transferred to the Sir George Sharp Unit. This has 12 beds for acute/post acute neurorehabilitation and acquired brain injury constitutes over 80% of admissions.
The unit provides assessment and rehabilitation on and in-patient, out-patient and community basis. The main diagnostic groups seen are multiple sclerosis, acquired brain injury, including traumatic head injury, and younger stroke patients.
Patients are accepted from the acute hospital in Fife (Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy) and the neurosurgical units in both Edinburgh and Dundee for patients resident in Fife. All patients are seen in the referring unit, the majority within one week of referral.
Contact: Lance Sloan
Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine
Sir George Sharp Unit
Cameron Hospital
Cameron Road, Windygates,
Leven KY8 5RR
Tel: 01592 226812
Email: Contact Lance Sloan online
Community Support
The George Sharp Unit provides assessment and rehabilitation on a community basis.
Third Sector Support
Fife Headway services cover Fife, the charity encourage anyone interested in ABI to visit their group and chat to all or one of the volunteers who have had experience in this area.
In addition to monthly meetings they have been running Tai Chi sessions fortnightly.
Activities for members
- Regular monthly meetings
- Ten pin bowling trophy competition
- Visits to theatre
- Meals out
- Guest speakers and facilitators for special activities such as ceramic painting
- Tai Chi
A brain injury affects the whole family, and usually people are thrust into the role of carer with no prior warning. Headway Fife groups and committee are managed by brain injury survivors and carers. Therefore they fully understand the problems and pressures that people face on a daily basis. Whether you want an informal chat or would like further information, Headway Fife can help.
Headway Fife also have future plans to get carers involved in their Social Group.
Contact: Fife Headway Group
c/o 21-23 Whytescausway, Kirkcaldy KY1 1XF
Tel: 01592 370 034
Email: fifeheadwaygroup20@btinternet.com
www.fifeheadway.co.uk
Third Sector Support – Children and Young People
When a child acquires a brain injury it can have a devastating effect on all the family. The Child Brain Injury Trust is a UK-wide charity that supports families and professionals working with children and young people who find themselves in need of more information about what has happened. More details about how their staff in Scotland can help can be found here:
Contact: (For correspondence only)
Child Brain Injury Trust
101 Rose Street, South Lane, Edinburgh, EH2 3JG
Tel: 01313 572388
Email: https://childbraininjurytrust.org.uk/contact/
Website: https://childbraininjurytrust.org.uk/
Enquire is the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning. They aim to:
- raise awareness of children’s rights to extra support in school
- help families and schools work together to ensure children get the support they need
- provide advice to children and young people who might be struggling in school.
They offer lots of ways to access help including a telephone helpline, guides, factsheets and outreach work. All the information and advice provided is independant and impartial.
Contact details can be found here.
Website: https://enquire.org.uk/
Cerebra are a national charity dedicated to helping children with brain conditions and their families discover a better life together.
Cerebra
The MacGregor Office, Jolly Tar Lane, Carmarthen, SA31 3LW
Helpline (freephone): 0800 328 1159
Telephone: +44 (0) 1267 244200
Email: enquiries@cerebra.org.uk
The Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments (SCCMI)
Based at the Craighalbert Centre in Cumbernauld, SCCMI provide educational and therapy services for children and young people throughout Scotland affected by cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions, which result in disorders of learning, movement and communication.
Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments
The Craighalbert Centre, 1 Craighalbert Way, Cumbernauld, G68 0LS
T: 01236 456100
E: sccmi@craighalbert.org.uk
Website: http://www.craighalbert.co.uk/
For additional local third sector support, see: http://www.hiid.org.uk/
Updated: 23/12/2019