NHSGGC - Acquired Brain Injury

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NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde wish to commission a specialist support service for people affected by Acquired Brain Injury. The Acquired Brain Injury Support Service is expected to provide a person-centred, flexible, equalities-sensitive model of care which provides support throughout the many years which people will live with the after effects of their injury. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde wish to commission a specialist support service for people affected by Acquired Brain Injury. The Acquired Brain Injury Support Services is expected to provide a person-centred, flexible, equalities-sensitive model of care which provides support throughout the many years which people will live with the after-effects of their injury. Key roles of the service will include:- - a focus on self-management for people with Acquired Brain Injury which helps to support them outwith the hospital environment. - assisting individuals to navigate the health and social care system, including signposting to relevant existing NHS, HSCP, and other Third Sector services. - assisting individuals in navigating the benefits system - emotional support to people with Acquired Brain Injury and their families or carers - provision of information and advice, including supporting literature, to people with Acquired Brain Injury and their families or carers. - building peer support networks and other non-medicalised interventions for supporting people with Acquired Brain Injury and their families or carers.