Brain injury

  • £3m committed to reducing brain injury at birth

    £3m committed to reducing brain injury at birth

    A further £3million is being committed to a programme to reduce brain injuries at birth, as the latest step towards halving the rate of brain injury during or soon after birth by 2025. 

  • Study assesses balance dysfunction after TBI

    Study assesses balance dysfunction after TBI

    A first-of-its-kind study has assessed the neural mechanisms which cause balance dysfunction after traumatic brain injury (TBI). 

  • Better Together increases early-stage brain injury support

    Better Together increases early-stage brain injury support

    A new project has been launched to increase the levels of support to brain injury survivors and their families in the earliest stages of recovery. 

  • Brain clinic created to support former elite rugby players

    Brain clinic created to support former elite rugby players

    A dedicated clinic for retired elite rugby players who have concerns over their brain health, which will also help advance world-leading research into brain injury in sport, has opened in the UK. 

  • ‘Take urgent action on rugby player safety’

    ‘Take urgent action on rugby player safety’

    Rugby’s governing authorities are being urged to take “urgent preventative action” to protect players at all levels of the sport after new research suggests the game may have been safer in the pre-professional era. 

  • Digital information boosts GPs’ support for brain injury survivors

    Digital information boosts GPs’ support for brain injury survivors

    Brain injury survivors can now access digital information from their GPs to help increase the levels of support and signposting currently available through a new partnership. 

  • ‘Revise way concussion is viewed to achieve real change’

    ‘Revise way concussion is viewed to achieve real change’

    Views of concussion in society must be altered, alongside much-needed revision of protocols in sport - particularly at grassroots - if change in how head injury is viewed and dealt with is truly going to happen, says Dr Adam J White, executive director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation UK. NR Times learns more

  • The role of the pioneering Linkworkers

    The role of the pioneering Linkworkers

    Brain injury in adult males, women and young people within the Criminal Justice System is up to five times higher than the general population. The Disabilities Trust has, over the last ten years, developed an innovative service to challenge the criminal justice system to adapt to the needs of individuals with impaired neurofunction due to a brain injury. Here, the charity's Linkworkers share what it is like raising awareness of this hidden disability in prisons

  • Children’s recovery from concussion investigated

    Children’s recovery from concussion investigated

    Improved assessment and treatment of concussions in school-aged children is the subject of a major new research project backed by $10million in funding. 

  • A place for artistic talent and expression to thrive

    A place for artistic talent and expression to thrive

    A new gallery has been opened to display the artwork of people living with brain injury, after more survivors than ever before turned to art during the COVID-19 pandemic.