A senior Liverpool hospital consultant has spoken about his work with Coronation Street to keep Nick's brain damage storyl realistic.
Corrie producers contacted clinical director of neurosurgery Paul May to help with the story about Nick Tilsley’s horrific brain injury after a dramatic car crash.
Mr May, a self-confessed Corrie fan said: “It was very important to portray this story accurately and I felt it was both my responsibility and The Walton Centre’s to make sure that it was realistic and truthful to educate the public about the significant distress and long term damage that a head injury can cause.
“I was involved meeting the writers and researchers and showing them around the Trust, describing the nature and effects of serious head injury as well as describing the brain surgery itself.
“I also met with their makeup artists and set designers; helping them with medical dialogue and, working with the charity, to help them understand the medium to long term effects of a brain injury.”
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only UK’s only specialist neurological hospital.
Sarah Green, Serious Brain Injury Solicitor at Fletchers in Southport and Preston, and also Director and Trustee of Headway Preston and Chorley, has also contributed to the script and storyline.
She said: “I have done a lot of work with Mr May, both in my capacity as a solicitor on the medico-legal side but also through Headway Preston and Chorley where Paul has spoken at our information evenings. Due to my brain injury specialism and knowledge of the effects of brain injury and local neuro rehabilitation provision in the North West, Paul approached me to assist the script writers with the post-discharge storyline and in particular the social and emotional effects on both the individual and family members following a serious brain injury.”
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Perhaps Mr May could advise Leanne Battersbossy and the increasingly idiotic Gail that someone that has just had this kind of surgery and been in intensive care to go to a kids Halloween party with flashing lights and loud noise is just not the right thing to do - DOH!
ReplyDeleteHave noted before in one of Graeme's articles that I have not been a fan of BP's Nick, but in this story I find myself gaining admiration for Ben's acting/portrayal. It's devastating for someone who has been very independent and of strong character to just give up activities they would usually do; hence, Frosty, adults with brain injury don't always take heed of, nor appreciate, others' advice.
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