Follow us: hu Improving life after brain injury Need to talk? 0808 800 2244 Donate Home About brain injury Professionals GPs Resources for GPs Resources for GPs This section provides information to help you manage and refer your patients with acquired brain injury and their carers. Further information about brain injury The About brain injury section of this website contains detailed information about the causes, effects and rehabilitation of acquired brain injury. It also includes a number of sections focusing on the practical issues that arise and support for brain injury survivors and their carers. The following sections may be of particular interest to GPs: Effects of brain injury Comprehensive information on the effects of acquired brain injury Supporting you Information on the national and local services that Headway offers to support people who are affected by brain injury Rehabilitation and continuing care Explains the options for rehabilitation of patients with an acquired brain injury Caring for someone with a brain injury This section provides important information to help carers support the person with a brain injury, and to ensure they receive appropriate support for themselves Practical issues Further information on a number of practical issues people may face after a brain injury, including driving, returning to work, financial concerns, travel insurance and welfare benefits Factsheets Our downloadable factsheets provide accessible, practical information on some of the effects of acquired brain injury Online professional directories Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice - www.helpwithtalking.com Brain Nav - The National Brain Injury Service Directory - www.brainnav.info British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) - www.babcp.com British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - www.bacp.co.uk British Psychological Society (BPS) - www.bps.org.uk Chartered Society of Physiotherapy - www.csp.org.uk College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section - Independent Practice - www.rcot.co.uk/about-us/specialist-sections/work-rcot-ss College of Sexual and Relationship Therapy (COSRT) - www.cosrt.org.uk Relate - the relationship people - www.relate.org.uk Society of British Neurological Surgeons - www.sbns.org.uk Supporting carers Counselling directories British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies - www.babcp.com British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - www.bacp.co.uk British Psychological Society (BPS) - www.bps.org.uk College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) - www.cosrt.org.uk Counselling Directory - www.counselling-directory.org.uk Find a Therapist: UK and Ireland Directory of Counselling and Psychotherapy - www.cpdirectory.com Relate: the relationship people - www.relate.org.uk UK Council for Psychotherapy - www.psychotherapy.org.uk Carers' organisations Carers Federation - www.carersfederation.co.uk Carers Trust - www.carers.org Carers UK - www.carersuk.org NHS Carers Direct - www.nhs.uk/carersdirect Related resources Caring for someone with a brain injury DASS21 assessment tool Management of acquired brain injury - a guide for GPs Management of acquired brain injury - a guide for ward nurses Mild brain injury - a guide for GPs NICE guidance on head injury Redeveloping skills after brain injury SIGN guidance on head injury The effects of brain injury and how to help Zarit Burden interview Friends of Headway Individual membership Join/Renew Contact Us t: 0115 924 0800 e: enquiries@headway.org.uk Help us improve life after brain injury. Donate Improving life after brain injury 0808 800 2244 Call our free helpline 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday. Or email helpline@headway.org.uk Join our online Community 27k Likes 25k Followers 3k Subscribers Privacy policy Cookies Terms & Conditions Accessibility Contact Us Resource centre Find a Headway Approved care providers Charity shops Fundraising comments, feedback and complaints Vacancies Join our mailing list Headway - the brain injury association is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (Charity no. 1025852) and the Office of the Scottish Regulator (Charity no. SC 039992). Headway is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no. 2346893. © Copyright Headway 2021 - Site designed and developed by MEDIAmaker By clicking 'Accept All Cookies’ you agree to the storing of cookies on your device. This will help us to offer the best possible experience and develop more of the information you need. Accept All Cookies Cookies Settings