Russell Hardy is a trained economist and accountant. He worked in retailing for 25 years and was Chief Executive of Blacks Leisure PLC and Chairman of Dollond and Aitchison (The Opticians). He has been Chair of the MS Trust for 16 years. He is also Chair of the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt District and Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry and Chair of Hunters Moor Neuro Rehabiliatation Limited.
9th Jan 12
UKABIF will be exhibiting at the International Brain Injury Association (IBIA) 2012 World Congress on Brain Injury which will be held March 21-25, 2012, in Edinburgh. UKABIF members are entitled to register for the Congress at the IBIA member rate.
More information on the Congress, including the preliminary program, is available on the IBIA website: www.internationalbrain.org.
11th Jan 12
Almost £1billion have been wasted by the Department of Health through people with neurological conditions being unnecessarily admitted to hospital, a report published today by the National Audit Office exposes. The MS Society, Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association, Parkinson’s UK and the Neurological Alliance, along with non-profit organisation Neurological Commissioning Support – are urging the Government to create a targeted and properly resourced national strategy for neurological conditions which would include acquired brain injury. UKABIF are also asking for an audit of rehabilitation services for acquired brain injury. Read the full report and press release here.
15th Dec 11
Professor Mike Barnes, the Chair of UKABIF has joined the National Leadership Group: Improving the lives of people with neurological conditions. The purpose of the Group is to bring together key opinion leaders in the field to drive forward the development of neurological services and improve the lives for people living with a neurological condition. The group is co-chaired by the Department of Health Clinical Neurosciences Advisor, Dr Chris Clough and the Chair of Trustees of the Neurological Alliance, Steve Ford. More information about the group and its work can be found on the attached document.