Department of Health

Website of the Department of Health

Please note that this website has a UK government access keys system.

Information about the Implementation Group

The NSF External Reference Group (ERG) was established to provide confidential advice to Ministers on the National Service Framework for Long-term Conditions. The ERG set up a number of sub-groups, including some of their own members and other experts to work on specific projects. The Implementation Group was one of these sub-groups. The Implementation Group met between November 2003 and October 2004 and had its own terms of reference.

Membership

Co-chairs

  • Maggie Helliwell,  Medical Director, Airedale Primary Care Trust  and General Practitioner at Ling House Medical Centre, Keighley, West Yorks
  • Barbara Howe, Director of Specialised Services, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust

Members

  • Maggie Alexander,  Director, Brain and Spine Foundation
  • Sue Barrow, Action On Neurology, NHS Modernisation Agency
  • Maggie Campbell, Brain Injury Co-ordinator, Sheffield West Primary Care Trust
  • Sharon Haffenden,  Director, Research & Services, Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • Colin Harrison,  Carer
  • Chris Hodgeson,  Haemophilia Society
  • Jeff Jerome,  Director of Social Services & Housing, London Borough of Richmond Social Services & Housing
  • Richard Jeavons,  Chief Executive, West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority
  • Andrew Kenworthy,  Chief Executive, Durham Dales Primary Care Trust
  • Peter McCabe,  Chief Executive, Headway
  • Roy McCloughry,  Service user
  • Anne McDonald,  Unit Head, Health & Social Care Joint Unit, Department of Health
  • Andy McKeon,  Audit Commission
  • Brian Moffatt,  Consultant Neurologist, Independent Healthcare Association
  • Bernadette Oxley,  Policy Manager, Commission for Social Care Inspection
  • Ian Seccombe,  Healthcare Commission
  • Simon Selo,  Asthma UK
  • Stephen Springer,  Chairman, Spinal Injuries Association
  • Alan Thompson,  Professor of Clinical Neurology & Neurorehabilitation, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery

Former members

  • Roger Fitzwater,  Chairman, Spinal Injuries Association
  • Stephen Marsh,  Central Liverpool Primary Care Trust
  • Heather Pitchford,  former Project Leader for NHS Modernisation Agency Action on Neurology Programme
  • Jonathan Phillips,  Director, Commission for Social Care Inspection

Terms of reference

(i) To act as a steering group for the production of confidential advice on implementation to ministers, the ERG or officials (as appropriate), including advice on how the Healthcare Commission, the Commission for Social Care Inspection and the Audit Commission could use the NSF Quality Requirements in their work.

(ii) To identify strategies to bring about successful implementation. This could include suggestions about facilitating implementation through other parallel initiatives, for example.

(iii) To identify specific tools to be included in the guidance material that will accompany the publication of the NSF.

(iv) To draft a work programme to cover producing the guidance. This should identify individual responsibilities and highlight the need for any additional support/expertise.

(v) To review finished pieces of work and assess them for inclusion in the guidance document.

Access keys