The conference will be organized around the theme “Exploring the challenges and recent innovations in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Brain Disorders”.
Brain Disorders are the most common cause of serious disability and have a major but often unrecognized, impact on health and social services. There are 10 million people in the UK living with a neurological condition which has a significant impact on their lives. Mainly stroke, epilepsy, dementia, headache and head injury are the neurological conditions suffered in UK. It has been estimated that the lifetime risk of developing brain and other central nervous system cancer is 1 in 133 for men and 1 in 185 for women in the UK. Each year 600,000 people (1% of the UK population) are newly diagnosed with a brain disorders condition. Primary brain tumors represent about 1.6% of all tumors diagnosed in the UK. The aggregate costs of all mental disorders in the United Kingdom are £32 billion.
London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom. There are about 15 Universities in and around London which are working in the field of Brain disorders. Around 1000 neurologist, psychiatrist and neurosurgeons are working exclusively on brain disorders in London.Along with professional services, media companies are concentrated in London and the media distribution industry is London’s second most competitive sector.
