Headsmart GP: the brain tumour toolkit
Identify and refer suspected brain tumours faster with Headsmart GP
On this page you will find:
- Headsmart GP: the brain tumour toolkit, hosted by Dr Victoria McBride
- Red flag symptom combination card – downloadable resource
- Managing uncertainty with potential brain tumours – downloadable resource
Identifying suspected brain tumours is a major challenge for primary care as it relies on piecing together signs and symptom combinations that are often vague, subtle and non-specific.
Download Headsmart GP resources
Developed by The Brain Tumour Charity in collaboration with GPs, neurologists, and radiologists across England and Scotland, Headsmart GP is an evidence-based toolkit for faster diagnosis of brain tumours.
Download our bite-sized 1-page resources and/or access the longer form training – and please take the time to complete our evaluation of how it will improve your daily practice and how we can enhance the quality of the toolkit.
Red flag symptom combinations for potential brain tumours
Share the Toolkit
This toolkit is initially being piloted in the West Midlands and Lothian. Your feedback will be instrumental in ensuring that the best possible resource is made available across the country.
Benchmarking form / CPD
As part of the evaluation of the effectiveness of this toolkit in helping to improve GP practice teams confidence in recognizing brain tumours, it’s really important that we capture baseline statistics of how confident you feel today. Please give honest answers to the following questions. It will help us with this project to improve faster diagnosis.