Welcome to this website devoted to clinical excellence!

On this website you will find information on many aspects of clinical excellence, ranging from issues of patient safety to matters which impact staff wellbeing. This website was created by Dr Narinder Kapur, consultant neuropsychologist and visiting Professor of Neuropsychology at University College London.

 

Dr Kapur is a Past-President of the British Neuropsychological Society and holds a Lifetime Achievement Award, bestowed on him by The British Psychological Society. Dr Kapur wrote an award-winning article on clinical excellence in 2009 while he was Head of the Neuropsychology Department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge.

If you wish to learn more about the Neuropsychology International Fellowship scheme which was established by Professor Kapur, please click HERE for an article about the scheme and click HERE for application details.

Cambridge Wellbeing Manual

Dealing with the stresses and strains of everyday life can be challenging at the best of times, and this has become especially so during the Coronavirus pandemic. The Cambridge Wellbeing Manual draws upon years of research on the Psychology of wellbeing. It is written by a leading behavioural scientist, Dr Narinder Kapur, visiting Professor of Neuropsychology at University College London, Past-President of the British Neuropsychological Society, and recipient of a Lifetime-Achievement Award from the British Psychological Society.

Cambridge Memory Manual

The Cambridge Memory Manual, tips to improve everyday memory, was first written by Dr Kapur around 30 years ago, and its latest edition is now available for purchase in a number of languages – Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Romanian, and Spanish.

Cambridge Rehab Manual

London Memory Clinic

COVID Rehab Centre

New memory game: Shark Attack!

Try out the new brain training game, Shark Attack, now available on App Store and Google Play.

This is one of the first brain training games designed by a practising clinical neuropsychologist, Dr Narinder Kapur, Visiting Professor of Neuropsychology at University College London. It is also one of the first games designed with principles of cognitive neuroscience in mind, with a focus on visuospatial memory.

Shark Attack asks the player to save the lives of swimmers by caging sharks that are encircling swimmers. Sharks surround some swimmers in a lagoon. The player simply has to remember which swimmers were surrounded by sharks. Swimmers can be saved by the player touching a swimmer, and this then places a cage around the shark. Points are scored for the number of sharks successfully caged. Music accompanies actions in the game, and there is applause from beachgoers when sharks are successfully caged.

Online Consultations

Dr Kapur is available for online consultation with doctors, neuropsychologists, etc for neuropsychological cases. This consultation may cover diagnostic cases such as:

  • Dementia

  • Transient Amnesia

  • Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Cross-Cultural cases

  • Functional Neuropsychological Disorder

He is also available for advice on neuropsychological rehabilitation cases, including:

Memory rehabilitation

Assistive technology in cognitive rehabilitation

For selected cases, Dr Kapur is happy to consider providing online advice or rehab sessions to patients with neurological or neuropsychiatric conditions, but only after consultation with the treating clinician and after seeing relevant medical reports.

For further information and details of fee rates, please contact Dr Kapur at narinder.kapur1@gmail.com

Excellence Sites

London Memory Clinic

A clinical neuropsychology service offering diagnostic assessment and cognitive rehabilitation for neurological or neuropsychiatric patients, and also medicolegal assessments for cases of traumatic brain injury or clinical negligence.
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Smart Papers

Tips for neuropsychological diagnosis, in the form of key clinical features, key test findings and advice on management. The SmartPapers are in the form of A4 lined paper, with clinical tips in the margins. Available free to download.
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Cognitive Bias in Healthcare

Articles and ideas relating to cognitive bias in healthcare, and in particular in the UK National Health Service
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Psychological mentorship and support for Doctors

Psychological mentorship and support for doctors, and in particular with those who may have suffered a neurological condition. This builds on the book written by Dr Kapur on a related topic is detailed – Injured Brains of Medical Minds: Views from Within. The book has articles written by doctors who suffered from a brain illness or brain injury and wrote about their ordeal.
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Neuropsychology Supervision and Workshops

Dr Kapur provides supervision and peer-support for complex diagnostic cases, and for those where memory rehabilitation / assistive technology may be the focus of management. Press this link to see a sample workshop offered by Dr Kapur.
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A Better NHS

A number of resources dealing with a range of issues related to promoting a better culture in the NHS, both for patient safety and for staff wellbeing. Topics include stories of victimised NHS staff, including whistleblowers; professionalism in healthcare; and patient safety.
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Cognitive Assistive Technology

Assistive technology is increasingly being used to help in the rehabilitation of neurological and neuropsychiatric patients. This is a resource which lists various types of cognitive assistive technology items, and related support materials. Dr Kapur set up the first Memory Aids Clinic in the country while working in Cambridge, a clinic which won an award, and he co-supervised the first Memory Aids Clinic trial in the world at St Thomas’ Hospital.
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Published Articles

A selection of articles published by Narinder Kapur

Click here to see the full list of Dr Kapur’s publications

Neuropsychological assessment: Principles, pearls and perils

by Narinder Kapur & Steven Kemp
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On the pursuit of clinical excellence

by Narinder Kapur
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Psychology and Mid-Staffordshire Scandal

by Narinder Kapur
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Learning from Surgical Adverse Events

by Narinder Kapur
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Patient Safety and Aviation: Commonalities and Contrasts

by Narinder Kapur
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Applying Science to Gandhian Principles

by Narinder Kapur
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Leadership in Psychologists

by Narinder Kapur
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Paradoxes in Rehabilitation

by Narinder Kapur
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London Memory Clinic

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