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The withdrawal of government funding for a Worcestershire brain injury unit will have a "direct impact" on services offered, it has been claimed.

Ray Phillips, chairman of the Acquired Asphasia Trust that runs the centre, told Worcester News that he is attempting to raise alternative funding nationally.

However, he told the newspaper: "In the current economic climate, money is tight.

"It's becoming more difficult for us to maintain our current funding commitments as it is."

South Worcestershire College, which owns the facility, is having to cut its spending by 25 per cent, following a £200 million reduction in adult learning budgets by the government.

Brain injury trauma is not always apparent following an accident, recent research suggests.

Associate professor at the Center for Injury Research at Ohio State University Dawn Comstock told CBS Sports last week that signs and symptoms of concussion are not always apparent to observers.

This makes injury harder to spot than an ankle injury, for example.

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