Clinical Advisory Board | Executive board

Who we are

Clinical Advisory Board

Gavin Tennent | Simon Berrell

Our clinical team aim to give our residents the opportunity to develop quality life choices. Our person-centred approach to care planning helps every resident maintain their physical goals and gives them opportunities to lead richer lives. We have a programme of ongoing rehabilitation provided by a range of clinical professionals to make sure that the resident’s needs are explored, addressed, monitored and reviewed.

We believe that the people in our care need a wide range of stimulating activities and recreational opportunities to enrich their lives. This includes conventional and complementary therapies. Where possible we deliver activities in the community, but where this is not realistic community activities are brought into the home.

Our clinical team is supported by our clinical advisory board who are leading clinicians in their own field and in the field of Acquired Brain Injury.

Dr Gavin Tennent DM FRCPsych is an eminent Neuro Psychiatrist who after training at Oxford, the Middlesex and the Maudsley took up directorship of the Special Hospitals Research Unit. He assisted in the reorganisation of the mental health services in Bermuda and after returning to England became Medical Director at St Andrews Hospital Northampton. At St Andrews Gavin was instrumental in developing the specialised services which included the development of the Kemsley Unit, arguably the first innovative Neuro-Behavioural Acquired Brain Injury Unit in the UK. Later with AMI he assisted in the inception of Grafton Manor. Over the last thirty years Gavin has continued to help develop further services for people with brain injury.

Simon Berrell MCSP is a Neurological Physiotherapist with considerable experience in the treatment of Neurological conditions. As the Director of The Neuro Physio Service he provides nationwide specialist assessment, treatment and training through a team of over 100 neurological Physiotherapists. Simon’s expertise covers neurological rehabilitation, postural and spasticity management and functional movement re-education, as well as being trained to inject Botulinum Toxin for the management of spasticity. Simon has worked extensively in services providing treatment and rehabilitation for people with ABI in both NHS and for leading Independent Sector providers. He has also been responsible for contributing to the training programme for student physiotherapists at Southampton University.