The Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Project (BaSCI) is a significant service improvement project funded by the Commonwealth Community Health and Hospital Program and delivered by Queensland Health to improve experiences and outcomes for people with brain and spinal cord injuries in Queensland.
Brain and spinal cord injuries are complex and life-altering. When an injury occurs, timely access to quality, specialised rehabilitation has been shown to support patients’ recovery and quality of life. However, there is considerable unmet need for adult specialist rehabilitation services in Queensland.
Delivered in partnership with Queensland’s Hospital and Health Services from 2021-2025, BaSCI is facilitating the allocation of $24 million in operational funds for adult specialist rehabilitation services and enabling the establishment of new models of care, improved pathways, and valuable data to build networked service models across the state.
Leveraging relevant actions in the Statewide adult brain injury rehabilitation health service plan 2016-2026 and the Statewide adult spinal cord injury health service plan 2016-2026, BaSCI is bringing consumers and clinicians together across the state to improve access to safe and quality specialist services as close to home as possible.
