Our Purpose, Vision, Values, Strategic Goals

The British Association for the Study of Headache

BASH champions best-practice headache care, empowering clinicians and sufferers alike, promoting policy prioritisation, and embodying compassion, collaboration, education, reflection, and professionalism.


Our Purpose

To promote best practice headache management for all.

Our Strategic Goals

Education of professionals and wider society about headache disorders.

Education and empowerment of patients.

To promote headache issues to be at the forefront of policy making.

To promote headache management as a priority to our politicians.

Our Vision

To minimise the burden of headache conditions for all headache sufferers.

To live in a world where all headache sufferers receive the support and treatments they need.

Our Values

Compassionate - we value compassion and kindness in all our interactions.

Collaborative - we value working with other people and organisations to achieve our goals.

Empowering – we value education and communication to improve understanding of headache management throughout society.

Reflective – we value reviewing decisions and interactions to optimise our work.

High standards – we value professionalism and will be guided by evidence-based facts.

Updated May 2024

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