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Brain Injury Identity Cards

These cards can be used if you find yourself in a difficult or emergency situation and are available free of charge from Headway UK.

To find out more or apply for your card, visit the Headway UK website.

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Seminar Invitation from City University of London

City, University of London, School of Health Sciences, Disability and Social Inclusion seminar

We invite you to our February seminar:

The Costs of Traumatic Brain Injury

Thursday, February 9th , 2017, 1 to 2.15pm
Venue: Room AG11, College Building, St John Street, EC1V 4PB

To book a place please email Doria Pilling: d.s.pilling@city.ac.uk

Speaker: Michael Parsonage, Chief Economist and Senior Policy Adviser at the Centre for Mental Health

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is any injury to the brain caused by impact and is the leading cause of death and disability among people aged 1-40 in the UK.  Non-fatal consequences may include a wide range of physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural effects, often of long duration and leading on to high unemployment, financial difficulties and loss of independence.  People with a history of TBI are over-represented in a number of disadvantaged groups, including homeless people and those in the criminal justice system, and there are also strong associations between TBI and mental health problems including substance misuse.  A&E departments see nearly a million head injury presentations a year and inpatient admissions are currently running at around 160,000 a year, having risen by more than a third since 2000.  It is estimated that there are up to 1.3 million people in the UK living with a TBI-related disability.   The presentation will provide further analysis of the scale and consequences of TBI, including from an economic perspective.

The presenter, Michael Parsonage, while at the Centre for Mental Health, has produced a wide range of reports and papers based on the application of economic analysis to mental health and related issues.  He has also worked on a consultancy basis for other organisations in the mental health field and as a Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE.  He was previously employed as an economist in the Department of Health and in HM Treasury.

Reference
Parsonage, M. (2016) Traumatic brain injury and offending. Centre for Mental Health. Available at: https://www. centreformentalhealth.org.uk/ traumatic-brain-injury

Please let us know if you have any special requirements
Directions to the Venue at: http://www.city.ac.uk/visit# 9541=1

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Imperial College ‘Meet the Scientists’ Day

Would you like to find out more about research in Traumatic Brain Injury?

Friday 23rd September 2016, 1pm – 5pm
Burlington Danes Building, Hammersmith Campus of Imperial College London in White City, W12 0NN

This annual Research Open Day is aimed at showcasing the TBI research currently going on at Imperial. The open day is on the afternoon of Friday 23rd September and they are running tours and talks about their research. It is aimed at any interested member of the public (e.g. brain injury survivors, carers, members of relevant charities/ groups such as Headway, and any other interested parties).

There will also be a panel discussion about getting back to work after brain injury (which will be run by Daniel Friedland [a clinical psychologist] and Attend [a back to work organisation]).

Find out more and register for the event here

It is completely free and lunch is provided.

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“Meet the Scientists” TBI day at Imperial – 23rd September

Professor David Sharp’s research group at Imperial College is again hosting a half-day event at their Hammersmith Campus for survivors of traumatic brain injury and their carers to learn more about the research going on in traumatic brain injury.

The event, this year – on 23rd September – will feature tours of their laboratories – where researchers will demonstrate the techniques they use and the sorts of problems they are trying to solve. There will be a demonstration of how they obtain MRI scans, and participants will be able to learn about the drug studies currently ongoing, be shown how EEG and non-invasive brain stimulation techniques are used, and gain an insight into the military brain injury research. These tours will be followed by a talk by Professor Sharp about general aspects of research in brain injury.

There will also be an opportunity to give feedback, relate experiences of taking part in brain injury research, and also to sign up to take part in current and future research studies.

See the event flyer or visit their web page for more information.

Register for the event here.
There are a relatively limited number of places available for this event so please book quickly.