brainstrust

Our mission has one goal: To make things happen.

We are pioneers

brainstrust is working in partnership with the National Hospital Development Foundation to sustain and develop clinical practice at the National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery and with the University of Portsmouth, to support laboratory-based research and translational medicine.

brainstrust supports patients at the point of diagnosis, but is also looking beyond this point to improve the treatment, care and outcomes of all patients who are diagnosed with brain cancer.

This is how brainstrust is doing this, we:

• support patients and their families
• work with hospitals to secure care pathways for patients
• campaign and advocate on behalf of the brain tumour community
  
• fund technology for treatment (e.g. intra-operative MRI)
  
• fund research that translates into clinical practice (e.g. functional imaging)
  

We are proactive

The charitable trust is dedicated to improving proactive care for brain tumour sufferers and providing co-ordinated support in their search for treatment, through addressing the lack of coordinated support and lack of UK wide strategy for the treatment of, and research in, brain cancer. We explore the availability of treatment – worldwide, raise awareness and we are proactive, not reactive.

Read our advice for brain tumour patients »

Meg is our icon

Meg is our icon. At 19, when she was about to begin a new life at university, she was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour. Like many cases, her tumour was tricky; it was in tiger country - not easy to reach. When Meg was diagnosed, we discovered that there isn't enough coordinated support for brain tumour patients.

brainstrust is here to solve this problem. Read Meg's Story »

UPDATE June 2007: Meg has returned safe and sound from her pioneering neurosurgery in Boston! Find out what happened on her blog Meg's trip to Boston »