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Implementation

  • Last modified date:
    6 May 2008

The Department of Health has put in place a range of underpinning work to support implementation of the Long-term (Neurological) Conditions NSF. This page provides information on the Neurological Advisory Panel and Stakeholder Briefing Group. It also provides information on the people in Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts with lead responsibility for the NSF.

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Neurological Advisory Panel

A strategic advisory group chaired by Professor Ian Philp, National Director for Older People and Neurological Conditions and Kathryn Hudson, National Director for Social Care. Membership of the group:

  • Maggie Alexander, Director, Brain and Spine Foundation
  • Andy Buck, Chief Executive, North Sheffield PCT
  • Dr Chris Clough, Medical Director, King's College Hospital
  • Beverley Hopcutt, Clinical Adviser, Department of Health
  • Barbara Howe, Director of Specialist Commissioning, Tower Hamlets PCT
  • Jeff Jerome, Director of Social Services and Housing, Association of Directors of Social Service
  • Dr Nicola Jones, GP, London
  • Jane Petty, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
  • Doreen Rowland, College of Occupational Therapists
  • Sue Thomas, Policy Adviser, Royal College of Nursing
  • Professor Lynne Turner-Stokes, Director, Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park Hospital
  • Vera Neumann, British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Andy Tyerman, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Community Head Injury Service, Aylesbury
  • Dr Graham Venables, Consultant Neurologist and Clinical Director Neurosciences, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
  • Dr David Bateman, Consultant Neurologist, Cumberland Infirmary
  • Mr Barrie White, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
  • Viv Whittingham, Service Manager, Physical Disability, Sensory Loss and HIV Social Work Service, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

The panel's terms of reference are:

Stakeholder Briefing Group

A national group of professional, voluntary and independent sector organisations chaired by Professor Ian Philp, National Director for Older People and Neurological Conditions and Kathryn Hudson, National Director for Social Care. Representatives from:

  • Allied Health Professions Federation
  • Association of British Neurologists / Joint Neurosciences Council
  • Association of Directors of Social Services
  • British Association of Social Workers
  • British Medical Association
  • British Psychological Society / Division of Neuropsychology
  • British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Carers UK
  • Department of Health
  • Headway
  • Independent Healthcare Forum
  • Joint Epilepsy Council
  • Local Government Association
  • Long-term Medical Conditions Alliance
  • Motor Neurone Disease Association
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • National Council for Palliative Care
  • Neurological Alliance
  • NHS Confederation
  • Parkinson's Disease Society
  • Royal College of Nursing
  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
  • Society of British Neurological Surgeons
  • Spinal Injuries Association
  • Stroke Association
  • Sue Ryder Care

Also has service user and carer representatives

The group meets on a regular basis to:

  • advance ownership and national leadership of the NSF;
  • identify ways of raising the profile of the NSF among the wider statutory, voluntary and independent sectors;
  • identify the contribution the organisations can make to delivering the NSF;
  • deepen the understanding of the key issues in improving services for people with long-term neurological conditions;
  • think collectively about driving forward improvements in support for people with neurological conditions in the context of wider government support for people with long-term conditions.

Documents

The National Service Framework for Long-term Neurological Conditions: national support for local implementation 2008

Published:  6 May 2008

This document is the product of collaboration between DH, Care Service Improvement Partnership (CSIP) and the Third sector, and gives an overview of  resources, tools and initiatives that are/will be available to support local implementation of the NSF.

LTC NSF Good Practice Guide

Updated January 2006: we have added new examples to the on-line good practice guide.

Briefing note - January 2006

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Long-term conditions information strategy

This aims to ensure that implementation of the quality requirements in the National Service Framework (NSF) for Long-Term Conditions is facilitated by the availability of the appropriate information for patients, families and carers, the general public and care professionals.

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