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HCML makes three senior promotions
HCML, the leading providers of rehabilitation case management, treatment and occupational health services, announces three senior promotions as part of its leadership team. Debbie Downham has been promoted to Director of Group Clinical Governance, Kate Barton becomes...
HCML joins the Superhero Tri powered by Marvel
This Saturday, an ‘elite’ team from HCML will join forces with some of its wonderful clients, customers and partners to take on the Superhero Tri powered by Marvel at Dorney Lake in Windsor. The team of 11 is taking on the mission to complete the Superhero Tri Full,...
HCML acquires CA Case Management Limited to further bolster case management offering
HCML, the leading provider of corporate health, wellbeing and rehabilitation services, announces that it has acquired CA Case Management Limited (CACM), the specialist brain injury case management and expert witness providers. The acquisition will allow HCML to...
HCML earns ‘Great Place to Work®’ title for second time
HCML, the national leading providers of occupational health, wellbeing and rehabilitation services, has been officially accredited as a Great Place to Work® by the certified™ organisation of the same name for the second year in a row. This is a significant achievement...
Changing the Perception of Hospices and Respite Care
What you might not know about the role of the hospice and respite in children’s rehabilitation When we think about hospices, most of us immediately think ‘end of life care’. As a result, many people tend to associate them with sad events and places that primarily deal...
Proud to be part of the Apposite Capital Family
Apposite Capital is named Private Equity Investor of the Year 2023 We’re delighted that healthcare specialist investor Apposite Capital has been awarded Private Equity Investor of the Year 2023 at the HealthInvestor Awards 2023. The HealthInvestor Awards celebrate...
The importance of staying hydrated
Water accounts for 60% of the human body and performs several essential functions including regulating body temperature, keeping joints lubricated, preventing infections, delivering nutrients to cells and helping to keep organs functioning properly. Staying well...
HCML’s Children & Young People’s Services team expands its clinical expertise
We’re pleased to welcome Suraiya Kazi to the HCML team. With 25 years’ nursing experience working with children in acute and community settings, Suraiya joins us a Specialist Rehabilitation Case Manager in HCML’s Children & Young People’s Services team. Here,...
Helmet hair better than head injury?
Helmet hair better than head injury? What do Argentina, Singapore, Cyprus, Australia, and New Zealand all have in common? They all require and enforce universal use of helmets by cyclists, in all environments, at all ages. It is not; however, a legal requirement to...
We’ve all got Mental Health
We've all got Mental Health In recent years we have seen a seismic shift in the way we talk about mental health. In 2017 the Thriving at Work report set out what employers should be doing to better support employees’ mental health and enable them to remain in work....
Hard to Swallow? The uncomfortable reality of swallowing disorders
Hard to Swallow? The uncomfortable reality of swallowing disorders A common condition after brain injury is dysphagia - difficulty swallowing and chewing. In her latest blog, our Clinical Lead for Brain Injury and Speech & Language Therapist Claire MacLaine looks...
Q&A with Jason Chidwick, HCML Clinical Lead for Amputee Services
Q&A with Jason Chidwick, Clinical Lead for Amputee Services This month is Limb Loss/Limb Difference Awareness Month. It’s all about raising awareness and empowering those who are living with this kind of disability. For those who have experienced amputation as a...
Why hydration is important for healthy brain function
The human brain is approximately 75% water and requires regular intake of water to stay hydrated and functioning. Health professionals often recommend drinking about two litres a water a day, dependent upon personal health circumstances. Water is essential for good...
HCML appoints Pauline Cunningham as Head of HR
HCML, one of the UK’s most comprehensive providers of rehabilitation treatment and care management solutions, has appointed experienced HR practitioner Pauline Cunningham as Head of HR. In her new role, Pauline will be responsible for delivering a people plan which...
Children’s Mental Health Week 2023 – family influence in good mental health following childhood traumatic injury
In recognition of the theme ‘Let’s Connect’ for this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week, the third article in our insight series that looks at the ways in which communication, understanding and relationships impact mental health following traumatic injury in...
Children’s Mental Health Week 2023 – Coming to terms with traumatic injury
When it comes to supporting children who have suffered traumatic injury, there are further challenges to ensuring their mental health and wellbeing. In our series this week, we look at what the impact of injury may have on a child or young person’s mental health, and...
Children’s Mental Health Week 2023 – Supporting mental health after injury
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week and this year’s theme is ‘Let’s Connect’ which is all about making meaningful connections. Healthy connections are vital for supporting good mental health and sense of wellbeing. When it comes to supporting children who have...
HCML Rebrands
We’ve come a long way since our beginning in 2003. Fast forward 20 years and things look a little different for HCML. HCML has experienced significant growth over the past 20 years and with new investment from Apposite Capital and the acquisition of healthcare rm,...
Croydon healthcare business shortlisted for Breaking the Silence Award at national awards
Dr Rebecca Brady of HCML, the Croydon-based healthcare business, has been named as a finalist for the 2023 Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards in the Breaking the Silence category ahead of the national final in March. Dr Brady’s nomination is in recognition of...
Selfcare Awareness Week
This week it’s Self Care Week, which focuses on educating people about self care and helping people to practice it. It’s about understanding the importance of prioritising your mental health and wellbeing, and how you can manage this. The Self Care Forum has been...
HCML’s digital solution speeds up treatment time by 10 days
Our first of a kind Digital Rehabilitation pathway speeds up diagnosis and access to physiotherapy through self-help programmes by up to 10 days. With our technological and clinical expertise, HCML developed the first purely digital end-to-end service last year....
Black History Month – Meet Darlene Chitsa – Rehabilitation Case Manager
Black History Month – Darlene As we continue our Black History Month series, we’re joined by Darlene Chitsa, a rehabilitation case manager in our PMI team. Darlene has been with us for over a year now and is experienced in assessing and understanding client needs. If...
Black History Month – Meet Jerome Gray – Marketing Executive
As part of Black History Month this October, we’re celebrating some of our rising employees at HCML with a series of Q&A interviews. Here we explore their experience in the healthcare sector, what got them to where they are today and their aspirations for the...
Meet Amal Nur, NMC Registered children’s nurse and HCML specialist case manager
How did you come to specialise in paediatrics? I have always wanted to be a nurse, specifically taking care of children. That’s why I chose specifically to take Children’s Nursing BSC (Hons) degree. For me, I was always going to work with children, but...
The menopause: risks and treatment
The menopause: risks and treatment By Dr Rebecca Brady, Medical Director, HCML Everyone’s experience of the menopause journey is different. Symptom variation is immense between women, and changes over time in every single individual. So how do we know how or when to...
HCML wins CMSUK Case Management (Large) Company of the Year
HCML have been awarded Case Management (Large) Company of the Year at this year’s CMSUK Awards. The awards celebrate case managers and case management companies, highlighting excellent practice and approaches across the case management industry. This year’s theme,...
International Week of Happiness at Work
This week has been the International Week of Happiness at Work. It’s about increasing awareness of the importance of being happy at work and supporting companies to make sure it’s a top priority to have happy employees at work. Despite more and more emphasis being put...
Menopause – What is the Menopause
Menopause, it’s a hot topic at the moment. It’s being talked about by politicians, GPs and women’s health advocates. However, it’s amazing to me that I am still speaking to women in my practice every day who haven’t associated the symptoms they are experiencing, with...
HCML acquires healthcare rm with focus on workforce health and wellbeing
HCML has acquired healthcare rm, the Employee Health Risk Management specialists. The acquisition will enable HCML to significantly expand its presence in the corporate health market and adds to its service lines for employers and their employees. Following the...
HCML appoints Samantha Hadley as Clinical Operations Manager
HCML are delighted to announce the appointment of Samantha Hadley as Clinical Operations Manager. In her new role, Samantha will play an integral part in further developing HCML’s Children and Young People’s Services, supporting the growth of the specialist...
HCML expands Corporate Services division following increased demand
HCML announces significant investment and expansion to its Corporate Services division. HCML has seen a 78% increase in the number of new customers accessing its services since the start of 2020, and with a 30% rise in the number of employees being screened per month,...
Supporting LGBTQIA+ in the workplace
This week our Medical Director Dr Rebecca Brady will host an internal session for our employees, alongside Helena Territt, an experienced inclusion and diversity professional. The session will focus on psychological safety in the workplace and like other companies,...
HCML featured in Brain & Spinal Injury Handbook 2022
Take a look at this year's Brain & Spinal Injury Handbook, where our Clinical Lead for Spinal Injury, Lauren Paikin, talks about why a holistic approach to rehabilitation and case management is vital for successful outcomes in the journey to recovery. Read the...
HCML is a Great Place to Work®
We are very pleased to say that HCML has been officially Certified™ as a Great Place to Work®! To meet the requirements, HCML employees were asked to provide their views about HCML and what they felt needed improving. The survey was carried out by Great Place to Work®...
Tips to keep your mental health in check
Mental health is influenced by so many lifestyle factors and affects the way we think, feel and act. Our Occupational Psychologist and Rehabilitation Case Manager, Norrina Meechan, shares some of her top tips and the reasons that they are proven to help manage stress,...
Mental health after traumatic injury – what to look out for
It’s generally well known that 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England, with 1 in 6 people reporting experiencing a common mental health problem each week (Mind). A lesser known fact is that approximately one third of...
HCML appoints James Cracknell as Ambassador
HCML has appointed James Cracknell, OBE, as its first Rehabilitation Ambassador. Cracknell will support HCML in championing its rehabilitation capabilities and be an advocate in the importance of receiving case management care from clinical experts who can help guide...
Stress – what is it and how to recognise it
What is stress? Stress is the body’s reaction to feeling threatened or under pressure. The source of stress may be: psychological – a work deadline physiological – illness chemical – smoking But the result of stress has biological and psychological implications. It’s...
Launching our new menopause policy
Ahead of International Women's Day 2022, we're proud to have launched our own menopause policy for HCML employees. Our Medical Director, Dr Rebecca Brady is leading the implementation of the policy, which takes positive action to ensure every employee going through...
Dr Rebecca Brady joins HCML as Medical Director
We're pleased to announce that Dr Rebecca Brady has joined us as our new Medical Director. Dr Brady will oversee the clinical care provided through HCML’s rehabilitation and treatment services. This includes providing clinical leadership across the specialist medical...