NICE issue new quality standard for managing brain tumour patients
New quality standards from NICE create opportunities to support research NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) has determined 5 draft quality statements designed to improve the standard […]
The World Famous Moulin Bleu Duck Race
On your marks, get set, GO! Last week saw the ‘World Famous Duck Race’ which took place in Moulin Bleu, France, along a 400m stretch of the River Gourbillon. 48 […]
Life after lockdown for people with a brain tumour
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1626427796647{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] What does the lifting of restrictions mean for you? In March this year, the government announced details of a roadmap that would see lockdown restrictions put […]
The importance of slowing down
Time to slow down for the summer “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the […]
Jimmy’s Summer Santa Run
Santa Claus is coming to town… in June?! Residents of Romford, Essex were no doubt confused to see Santa running through their high street last week in 25 degree heat […]
What we really know about Lisavanbulin and glioblastoma (GBM)
What we really know about Lisavanbulin and glioblastoma (GBM) There was a headline in the press this weekend about a ‘miraculous brain cancer drug’ that ‘shrinks tumours by 90%’ (The […]
Shared decision making – be a co-pilot in your care
Shared decision making Today, NICE have released the latest guidance around shared decision making. Here, Dr Helen Bulbeck explains what this means when it comes to your care. Making empowered […]
Can we enhance our well-being by simply getting outside?
Great Outdoors Month This month is Great Outdoors Month, and this week is World Wellbeing week, so what better opportunity for our Head of Support Jane Gardiner to consider the […]
Swimming for #teamseth
A story of friendship Determined and committed, Greg is taking to the seas in loving memory of Seth Dickenson. Greg met Seth’s parents, Sam and James, during brainstrust’s 2019 Follow […]
Volunteer Voices – Sarah Boulton
brainstrust volunteers use their own experiences of a terrifying diagnosis to help other people live better with a brain tumour. We think that’s pretty amazing. Support Volunteer – Sarah Boulton […]