Birmingham Studies mTBI
The Ministry of Defence reported the following:
Brain injuries can result from relatively minor head injuries or exposure to blasts.
The MoD's surgeon general, Lieutenant General Louis Lilly-white, initiated a project in June last year to investigate mTBI and make recommendations concerning clinical care, education and research.
The Under Secretary of State for Defence, Derek Twigg, said: "The commissioning of this study by the surgeon general shows that the MoD is determined to do all that it can to look after the mental health of our forces.
"The study has concluded that there is no evidence to suggest that the operational capability of the UK's Armed Forces is being affected by mTBI. We routinely screen every member of the military for mTBI who undergoes treatment at any of our emergency medical facilities, regardless of the nature of their injuries. However, research is continuing, covering not only such areas as identifying and diagnosing mTBI cases, but also their prevention."
The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in Selly Oak, Birmingham, has identified 585 cases of casualties with Traumatic Brain Injury from a total of more than 36,000 patients treated since 2003.
