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Our core services
Brain and Spine Helpline: 0808 808 1000
The Brain and Spine Helpline is staffed by neuroscience nurses and other health professionals. It covers all neurological conditions, from the fairly common to the very rare, and can offer information and support on any medical or related social and emotional issues of concern.
The service answers queries by telephone, letter or email as well as providing an opportunity for people to share their experiences of having a neurological condition on the discussion forum.
Publications
What often distinguishes the work of the Brain and Spine Foundation from other health charities is our ability to provide a generic perspective on the impact of neurological conditions.General queries on symptoms related to the spine (dizziness, balance, headache and back pain) and specific queries on brain tumours, sub-arachnoid haemorrhages or the coiling of brain aneurysms are the topics we deal with most frequently. Our booklets on these and many other topics are available as printed copies or on this website as free downloads.
Training and resources for professionals
The Foundation has three resources for professionals:
Educational implications of acquired brain injury
The Foundation runs a training programme on the educational implications of acquired brain injury, with an accompanying 80 page handbook, for Educational Psychologists across the UK.Communication skills training
The Communication Skills training course is free and open to health and social care professionals working with older people with neurological conditions.Participants on the course learn about a range of communication strategies that they can apply in their day to day work with older people with neurological conditions. A free toolkit containing practical tips is distributed as part of the course.
Information access toolkit
The Information Access Toolkit is targeted at health and social care professionals and service commissioners (PCTs). It is designed to help commissioners and providers of health and social care services to meet the information needs of people with long-term neurological conditions.Children's services
Since 2002 the Foundation has been working with young people and their families to develop Headstrong, a project to support young people with neurological conditions. The latest addition to this range of resources is a new informative website for young people affected by acquired brain injury.
www.brainandspine.org.uk
Since its launch, the Brain and Spine Foundation's website has attracted an increasing number of visitors each month. Some of the most popular sections are:
