Brain and Spine Foundation

7 Winchester House
Kennington Park
Cranmer Road
London
SW9 6EJ

Tel (helpline): 0808 808 1000 (run by neurosciences nurses)
Tel (office): 020 7793 5900
Web: www.brainandspine.org.uk
Best time to telephone: helpline: 9am - 2pm, Monday - Thursday, 9am - 1pm Friday.

The Brain and Spine Foundation aims to improve the quality of life for people with brain and spine conditions and to reduce neurological disability by providing a national focus for information, education and resources. Their main objectives are to:

• Expand access to quality information and support for patients and carers.
• Improve the skills of medical and educational professionals and delivery of services to the public.
• Raise the profile of neurological conditions and disabilities.
• Increase the level of resources for neurological conditions.

The BSF produces a large number of publications (available from the above address - small charge applies) on neurological conditions including the following:

• Angiogram
• Back and neck pain
• Brain tumour
• CJD - Patients and carers
• Coiling of Brain Aneurysms
• Craniotomy
• CT Scans
• Dizziness and balance problems
• Epilepsy
• Face Pain
• Headache
• Headstrong - information for children and young people with brain tumours aged 7-9 years and 10 - 12 years
• Head Injury and concussion
• Meningitis and Encephalitis
• Motor Neurone Disease
• MRI Scan
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Neurophysiology
• Paralysis - loss of muscle power
• Parkinsons Disease
• Recovering from a sub-arachnoid haemorrhage
• Speech, language and communication difficulties
• Spinal Tumours
• Stroke
• Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage
• Transient ischaemic attacks
• Transverse Myelitis
• Vascular malformations of the brain