Scottish Acquired Brain Injury MCN
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) can be caused by trauma, anoxia (shortage of oxygen), infection or haemorrhage. It often leads to a mixture of physical, cognitive, communicative, emotional and behavioural changes, with profound consequences for the individual and their family.
People with acquired brain injury require specialist multidisciplinary expertise delivered using a patient or family-centred approach and involving many agencies other than health.
The national managed clinical network (NMCN) for ABI has been in existence for just over one year. The first year of this service concentrated on establishing the structure for the network and progressing four main objectives:
- Map out current services for people aged 16 - 65 with ABI
- Promote adoption of existing recognised standards of care
- Identify the educational needs of health care groups involved in the care of people with ABI
- Identify information requirements of patients, families and carers
Further information can be found on the external Scottish Acquired Brain Injury MCN website. National Services Division are not responsible for the content of any external sites.
Annual Report
The most recent annual report for the Network is available on the:
National Services Division contacts:
To contact members of NSD staff, please visit our staff contacts page.
Isabel Gavin, Programme Manager
Tracey Curtis, Assistant Programme Manager
Carol Woods, Programme Support Officer
