UKABIF Launch ‘Acquired Brain Injury and Neurorehabilitation in Wales: Time for Change’

UKABIF have today launched a report which sets recommendations to improve services and support for people with Acquired Brain Injury in Wales. ‘Amser am newid’ covers five key areas including health and social care, education, criminal justice, sport, and welfare and will be circulated within the Senedd after the summer recess.

Amser am newid builds on the success of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Acquired Brain Injury’s report on Acquired Brain Injury and Neurorehabilitation which was published in 2018. The report outlined the state of affairs and gave recommendations for policy changes in health and social care; education; criminal justice; sport and welfare. The APPG has worked alongside UKABIF and its special interest groups to take these recommendations forward and has seen particular success in education, criminal justice and sport.

Though the 2018 report focused on England and Wales, the unique socio-cultural landscape of Wales warranted a specific focus, which has led to production of this new report.

In addition to the publication of the report a petition asking for appropriate provision of services and support for people with Acquired Brain Injury in Wales has been set up.

You can click the link below or scan the QR Code to complete your details and support the recommendations made in Amser Am Newid/Time for Change Wales. Please note you do not need to be welsh or live in Wales to complete the petition.

https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/244879

Chloe Hayward, Executive Director of UKABIF said, ‘We hope that this piece of work is as pivotal as the 2018 report and look forward to working with the Senedd and Welsh government alongside clinical, academic and voluntary sector colleagues, and those with lived experience of brain injury, to improve access to care and support for the people of Wales.’

UKABIF would like to thank Katherine Simmonds and the charity Kyle’s Goal. Dr Leanne Rowlands who researched and drafted the report, UKABIF’s regional groups covering Wales and the South Wales Acquired Brain Injury Forum who supported UKABIF in completing and launching the document. And to all our colleagues who provided information and advice.

Please see www.ukabif.org.uk/TFCWales for a full copy of the report and further information about the work being carried out in Wales.

NB the Welsh translation of the report is underway and will be available soon.

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