What is NABIF?

NABIF stands for Northern Acquired Brain Injury Forum.

We are a group of individuals and organisations who have an interest in Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) or who provide services to individuals with ABI and their families.

Those individuals and organisations are drawn from a wide cross-section of the public and private sector, predominantly health and social care professionals.

What is ABI?

Acquired Brain Injury is non-degenerative injury to the brain that has occurred since birth. It can be caused by an external physical force or by metabolic derangement. The term 'acquired brain injury' includes traumatic brain injuries - such as open or closed head injuries-, or non-traumatic brain injuries - such as those caused by strokes and other vascular accidents, tumours, infectious diseases, hypoxia, metabolic disorders (e.g. liver and kidney diseases or diabetic coma) and toxic products taken into the body through inhalation or ingestion.