BASH Headache Specialist Practitioner group
Who we are
The British Association for Study of Headache is proud to have a thriving community of specialist Headache Nurses and Allied Health Professionals including Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Physician Associates and Psychologists. These dedicated clinicians work alongside Neurologists and GPs managing headache disorders and carrying out a range of interventional treatments.
The BASH Headache Specialist Practitioner group supports Headache Nurses and Allied Health Professionals working with headache patients within the UK through access to education, mentoring and help with professional development.
BASH Competency Framework for Headache Specialist Practitioners
As a group of diverse Headache Specialist Practitioners, we are working on a competency framework and eventually hope to offer a BASH mentoring scheme. The mentoring scheme will be set up to support you in your career and to connect with others around the country with similar interests. Mentorship has many benefits for both the mentor and mentee and in a developing area such as Headache, it is very important to share and learn from each other.
We aim to link clinicians with similar interests who will act as a guide, supporting your career aspirations whether they are clinical, research, leadership, or education. This is currently under development.
Our goal is to have a list of Mentors available and further information about mentee and mentor arrangements.
If you would like to connect with other HSPs and help us make this into a useful interactive group, please email siobhan.jones@ncic.nhs.uk
The Vicky Quarshie Bursary
The Vicky Quarshie Memorial Bursary for Headache Specialist Nurses
Vicky Quarshie was a Headache Specialist Nurse who was greatly respected by staff and patients of the Hull headache service and the wider headache community. Sadly Vicky died in 2020. A memorial bursary has been set up in her name and a Memorial Lecture is given at the Biennial Hull Conference.
This bursary is to help members of BASH who are Headache Specialist Nurses. Approval of other activities related to headache may be considered by the panel too.
There are 4 bursaries of £250 each and these are allocated on an annual basis (starting in April).
Applications will be approved by a panel including the Chair, Education officer and Treasurer of BASH. The decision is at the discretion of the panel.
If you are interested in applying for one of these bursaries, please submit your application using the form. We aim to reply to successful applicants within 4 weeks.
Successful applicants will be expected to write a short blog piece of 500-750 words about what they learned or gained from their attendance at the course/conference within 4 weeks of attending.
Applicants may apply once annually but may reapply in subsequent years.
Applicants need to submit the following information: