On 20 April 2023, our valued member The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) were delighted to welcome Fleur Anderson, MP for Putney, and Chris Bryant, MP for Rhonnda for a visit to the hospital.
Fleur and Chris met with RHN CEO, Paul Allen and Director of Services, Lesley Mill to look around the hospital and see the grounds, facilities and some the incredible work which RHN staff and volunteers do to care for patients and residents who have been affected by acquired brain injury.
Chris Bryant spoke about his campaign for an Acquired Brain Injury Bill, which ‘commits the government to prepare and publish a strategy to meet the needs of children and adults with an Acquired Brain Injury’.
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Paul Allen, Chris Bryant, Fleur Anderson and Lesley Mill at the RHN
The Government agreed to implement an Acquired Brain Injury Strategy following a campaign by Chris Bryant MP. He secured a Private Members’ Bill and ahead of its second reading in the Commons in December 2021, the Government gave the green light for a cross departmental strategy.
Acquired Brain Injury is a leading cause of death and disability affecting more than 1.3 million people and costing £15 billion to the UK economy each year. Acquired brain injury is an issue for the Department for Health and Social Care; Work and Pensions, Education; and Digital, Culture, Media & Sport; and the Ministries of Justice, Defence, Housing, Communities and Local Government. The need for a national pan departmental strategy is vital and long overdue.
As the Government agreed to the Strategy, Chris Bryant, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Acquired Brain Injury, said: “The Government has announced it will be creating a Panel Board in to start devising a whole-Government strategy on ABI. In other words, the Government is doing precisely what my Acquired Brain Injury Private Members’ Bill is calling for.
“A huge thank you to all the acquired brain injury charities, MPs and other campaigners who have been supporting my Bill and the campaign.”
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