The Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation

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The Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation (CBIR) is situated at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Dundee.

We are an area wide service, admitting people from across the whole of Tayside. We provide in-patient rehabilitation to adults aged 16-65 who have complex disability following a brain injury, and who will benefit from interdisciplinary rehabilitation before being discharged from hospital.

All patients have an individual, goal orientated programme tailored to their own needs. With assistance from their families we help patients to achieve their goals in areas of health, activity and wellbeing. Families/carers will have an opportunity to attend the rehabilitation sessions.

Staff Within The Centre

Our team comprises nurses, doctors, occupational therapists, clinical neuropsychologists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, dietitian, technical instructors, clinical co-ordinator, service manager and artist. We also work closely with our colleagues in the acute hospital services and in the community based services. Student training is provided and there are often trainees and students from all disciplines in the centre, taking advantage of excellent learning opportunities.

Patients and Visitors

The Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation is based within the main Royal Victoria Hospital building. For further instructions on how to get to this location, please view the map at the bottom of this page.

Preferred Visiting Times

Visiting times to the centre are between 4-5pm and 6-8pm to enable patients to participate in their ongoing rehabilitation programme. Weekend visiting can be more flexible, however the centre operates a protected mealtimes policy, therefore visiting is discouraged between 12-1pm and 5-6pm.

Contact Us

The Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation Royal Victoria Hospital Jedburgh Road DUNDEE DD2 1SP 01382 423161

Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation Short Film

This short film will introduce you to rehabilitation at the Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation. We hope that the information informs you about this stage of the brain injury rehabilitation journey.

The video can help prepare you for spending time with us, whether that is as a patient, relative, friend or student. The film was made in 2015 and while some things have changed we think it still gives an insight into our service.

Watch the Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation short film
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