Erb's Palsy

The ERB'S PALSY GROUP was established in 1991 by Debbie Clark, a parent of a child with Erb's Palsy. Debbie registered with Contact a Family, an organisation for children with rare conditions, and then met with other families in Bolsover Street clinic and arranged a get together for 12 families, in Nuneaton in conjunction with a lady called Beverle... y Kelly from Coventry. From that meeting a management committee was set up and each person on it agreed to contact their local press to raise awareness of the condition and the new group. An article appeared in the Coventry press and that is how Karen Hillyer became aware of the group. The group grew steadily and had 30 families up until 1994 when one committee member, Eunice Bolton, contacted GMTV and secured a place on the Lorraine Kelly show. Since the broadcast of the show the telephone went crazy and membership grew to over 200 overnight. The group has now gone from strength to strength and as of today we have over 1620 families registered as members and over 90 professional members also. The Erb's Palsy Group registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and became a Foundation in August 2014. In accordance with our objectives, as set out in our constitution, the group has embarked on a series of one day conferences aimed at health care professionals and to date has provided guidance on Best Practice procedures to over 300 physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, over 800 Midwives and also to Paediatricians, all of whom are involved in the delivery of babies and treatment of children affected by Brachial Plexus Injuries. We are proud to have worked in partnership with The team from The Childrens hand Clinic at St James's University Hospital, Leeds on developing an Integrated Care Pathway for the treatment of Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Palsy and to have contributed to the development of Shoulder Dystocia Protocols in many labour wards throughout the country. There is more work to do - however the group is proud of it's achievements in raising ...Read More