Spinal Injuries Association

@spinalinjuries

We are the expert, guiding voice for life after spinal cord injury, supporting 105,000 people with SCI and their families to live a fulfilled life in the UK

Milton Keynes spinal.co.uk Joined May 2009

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Spinal Injuries Association @spinalinjuries May 15

For #SpinalCordInjuryAwarenessDay2026 we're asking you to write to your MP. Share your experiences of how fragmented the system already is, and your concerns about what will happen to the SCI community. Download a template letter from our website spinal.co.uk/news/keep-it-t… #SCIAD26

www.spinal.co.uk Keep it together - don't fragment spinal cord injury services NHS England has indicated that commissioning responsibility for adult and paediatric spinal cord injury services may transfer from national specialised commissioning to...

Spinal Injuries Association @spinalinjuries 14h

On #RemembranceDay we share Philip and Diane's Story🎖️Philip is a full-time carer for his wife Diane, after she was paralysed from the neck down after a horse-riding accident in 2021. Read the full story on our website: spinal.co.uk/philip-and-dia…

Spinal Injuries Association @spinalinjuries 14h

#StopthePressureDay 2026 is coming soon! Our very own Karen and Susie will be kicking off the week by hosting a free online study session - 'Clinical Focus on maintaining skin integrity in people with spinal cord injury,' on Tuesday 17 November in partnership with @SoTV_UK

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What an incredible night we had at the Royal National Hotel for our Gunpowder Ball 🍾 Thank you to all of our amazing guests, and our sponsors who made it possible!

Fletchers Solicitors | @PremiumCareSol | @ActiveCareGroup | @RathbonesGroup | @SecureHealthcar | @QuilterCheviot

Guests at the 2026 Gunpowder Ball holding wine glasses

Guests at the 2026 Gunpowder Ball smiling

SIA staff at the 2026 Gunpowder Ball smiling

Guests at the 2026 Gunpowder Ball holding champagne glasses

Spinal Injuries Association @spinalinjuries Nov 5

'A father-of-two said a lack of support after he was paralysed left him feeling "imprisoned" in his own home.

David Bateman, from Halstead, Essex, felt abandoned and "not knowing how to survive" after his cancer caused the paralysis in 2023.' @BBCEssex

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

www.bbc.co.uk Halstead man felt 'imprisoned' in home after cancer paralysis David Bateman says doctors ignored his spinal injuries and focused on the cancer that caused them.