In addition to the two symposiums and the Bipin Bhakta Memorial Lecture there were 8 high quality oral presentations, 7 posters and 16 Work-in-Progress posters, covering a diverse range of topics in rehabilitation research.

Symposium 1: Care & Compassion

‘Compassion in Practice: it’s all about the way we relate to one another’  – Professor Belinda Dewar, Professor of Practise Improvement, University of the West of Scotland

‘Using remote technology to deliver brief psychological interventions in mental health’  – Professor Karina Lovell, Director of Research & Professor of Mental Health, University of Manchester

Symposium 2 : Process evaluations of complex interventions

Dr David J Clarke—Lecturer in Stroke Care, University of Leeds

The Bipin Bhakta Memorial Lecture was given byProfessor Pamela M. Enderby, Professor of Community Rehabilitation, University of Sheffield and entitled:

Strictly Come Dancing, the Tango of Rehabilitation Research