Government Reports

Everybody involved in the running of sport, and indeed everybody taking part, has a level of responsibility to ensure that as many people as possible can enjoy sport safely. The...

There are a number of different types of organisations in the sport sector that have a role to play in ensuring the safety of participants. National Governing Bodies are the...

Concussion happens in many different settings, not just within sport. Concussion in sport is similarly not just limited to team sports where contact between players is obvious –...

The Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement: The 5th Berlin Concussion in Sport Group Consensus Statement provides a global summary of the then current views of best...

FootballAs mentioned in the Select Committee’s report, The FA and PFA’s comprehensive FIELD research study looked into the incidence of degenerative neurocognitive disease...

Love of the Game  As referenced in the Select Committee report, Love of the Game (LOTG) is a campaign launched in January 2021 to develop awareness and practical solutions in...

Existing concussion clinics around the country are already doing valuable work in this area. Two of these are the Birmingham Sport Concussion Clinic and Institute of Sport,...

Since early 2021, the Government has been working to understand what more can be done to improve the understanding around, prevention of, and management of head injuries in...

Many sports bodies, player associations, medical researchers and academics are involved in research into acquired brain injury and sport. As well as National Governing Bodies,...

Action: 1. To address the issue of a lack of data about the scale and impacts of sporting head injuries in the UK, the Government is supporting plans for a world-leading research...

Despite these important efforts, there are a number of challenges where the Government believes further work is needed as a priority. Firstly, there is a lack of shared...

Although the issue of concussion and acquired brain injury in sport has received greater media attention in recent years, there remains a fundamental need to ensure that all...

Areas to be addressed: The Government believes that basic information about head injuries and the initial action to take should be, at a minimum, consistent across all sports. It...

Current situation: We agree with the Select Committee that awareness of concussion needs to be increased. Improving awareness, prevention and treatment of concussion cannot be...

Areas to address: We believe there is merit in strengthening the links between these existing and future clinics to build a more cohesive response to the problems caused by...

Current situation: There are already a number of examples where technology is helping sports to understand the incidence and impacts of head injuries among players. For example,...

1. The Government is supporting plans for a world-leading research project led by the University of Oxford and backed by the sport concussion charity, Podium Analytics. The plans...

The Government is grateful to the House of Commons Select Committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport for undertaking their extensive inquiry into concussion in sport, the...

1. “NHS England reviews the way in which it collates data about concussion and concussion-related brain injury and ensures that doctors have a full history available to better...

3. “Government mandate UK Sport to take a governance role in assuring that all sports it funds raise awareness on the dangers of concussion effectively.” The Government agrees...

5. Government immediately mandate the Health and Safety Executive to work with National Governing Bodies of all sports to establish, by July 2022, a national framework for the...

6. “Government uses its power to convene interested parties and establish a single research fund that will coordinate and fund research. Government also incentivise sport and...