The European Brain Council (EBC), a non-profit organisation of brain-related patient associations representing 165 million people in Europe, is calling on the European institutions to produce a European strategy for brain disorders which will effectively put support for healthy brains at the top of European and national agenda. Find the full Call to Action HERE. EBC is inviting all its [...]

On 10th November, POLITICO organized its first Annual Health Summit on “Health Care: Access to Safe and Affordable Medicine”. An affordable access to treatment is among EBC’s core advocacy activities as the cost of accessing the market with new drugs is still prohibitive for certain disease areas, costing patients, companies and national health care systems alike, despite its large developments. [...]

The ‘Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress’ Summit took place on 3rd and 4th November in Bilbao, bringing the 2014-15 Healthy Workplaces Campaign on ‘Managing stress and psychosocial risks at work’ to an end. The 2015 Healthy Workplaces Summit brought together leading European experts and decision makers. They got together to exchange good practices and explore future strategies for managing stress and psychosocial [...]

On 27th October, DG SANTE of the European Commission organized a conference on Multimorbidities: 'Which priorities for a European policy on multimorbidity?’ in Brussels, Belgium. Multimorbidity, usually defined as the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions in one person, is a growing concern in our society and a challenge facing patients, health professionals and health systems' sustainability. This conference [...]

On 22th October, Shire announced the winners of the 2015 Excellence in ADHD (attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder) Patient Groups Awards, thereby coinciding the ADHD Awareness month. The awards celebrate outstanding projects led by patient advocacy organizations that aim to improve the lives of people affected by the condition. "Worldwide, around one in 20 people have ADHD, which can have a profound impact [...]

Between the 18th - 21st October, the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies hold its Annual meeting in the very metropolis of Madrid, Spain. EANS is a fast-developing independent association, both of European neurosurgical societies and of individual neurosurgeons from all over the world. The European Brain Council was delighted to have its delegation present at the EANS congress and to be able to [...]

On 20th October, the EP Interest group on Carers met to address “Carers in the European Semester Process”, in the European Parliament in Brussels. With the clear support from hosting MEPs (MEPs Heinz Becker, Jean Lambert, Marian Harkin and Sirpa Pietikainen), the meeting aimed to highlight the focus on health and long term care that the European Semester has and discuss how this channel could be used [...]

JOINT POSITION STATEMENT On 1 July 2015, representatives of pan-European patient and civil society groups, of which the European Brain Council is a member, came together to discuss the burden of incontinence and the provision of better continence care in Europe, at home and in the community, in order to enable people with incontinence and their carers to live active, [...]

On 14th October, POLITICO hosted the second of its 'Outside, In' series presented by Phillips, bringing together health care experts from the public and private sectors to examine the opportunities and solutions technology can provide to address the challenges of an aging population. The Aging Society has become a burning topic of the 21st century in Europe. While across the developed world people are living longer, [...]

On 14th October, the EP Interest Group on Brain, Mind and Pain – In partnership with the EP Interest Group on Mental Health, Wellbeing and Brain Disorders held its meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels. The meeting brought together Representatives of the European Parliament and DG Sante from the European Commission, but also victims suffering of stigma or testimonies delivered [...]