Action for Brain Injury Week 2010

Action for Brain Injury Week is Headway's annual campaign, where we focus our resources on raising awareness of brain injury and the difficulties faced by our service users.

The campaign takes place 17-23 May 2010.

Campaign theme

This year, we are focussing on the information given by A&E departments to those who sustain minor head injuries.

The main aims of the campaign are to:

• Highlight the danger signs that require head injury patients to immediately return to hospital having been discharged
• Highlight the need for high-quality information on post-concussion symptoms, which can persist for anything from a few days to several months or even years

Minor head injury discharge advice

We have developed a factsheet called 'Minor head injury discharge advice', which we will be asking hospitals around the country to give to patients after head injury. This will make them aware of the immediate danger signs of head injury, and the possible long-term effects. You can download the factsheet below, or click the news article on the right to read more.

More information

This website contains details of campaign resources, as well as events that are happening around the country. Use the menu on the left and the quick-links on the right to explore this section and find out more about Action for Brain Injury Week 2010.