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Last modified date:2 March 2007
Work on developing the long-term conditions NSF was also taken forward by a number of other groups. These groups were based on different types of neurological experience.
The External Reference Group (ERG) appointed three initial working groups to suggest issues the NSF should tackle. These groups have been based on different types of neurological experience:
Group 1: sudden onset with subsequent partial or complete recovery.
Group 2: intermittent and unpredictable.
Group 3: progressive disability and stable conditions with changing needs due to development and ageing.
These groups were asked to look across the entire care pathway from acute care through to longer term support and care in the community, as well as highlighting any issues that were specific to the conditions that they were looking at.
This work highlighted a number of key issues that the ERG wanted to develop in more detail. Further work to draft a number of Quality Requirements that addressed these core issues was taken forward in smaller groups, including amassing evidence and giving examples of effective service models, before handing back to the ERG.
The ERG also established several underpinning groups to help tackle some of the most difficult tasks:
Research and evidence: to identify and prioritise NSF research needs.
Implementation: to road test emerging advice, proposed quality requirements and implementation guide to consider if and how they will work in practice.
Please follow the links below for further information on each of the sub-groups.
The Implementation Group was set up to provide confidential advice to the Department of Health on the delivery of the NSF, including the development of strategies and guidance to help with implementation including next steps, and the evaluation of examples of good practice to include in a Good Practice Guide.
The group included health and social care experts from different professions and sectors of care representing a diverse range of service provision, commissioners, representatives from the voluntary sector, service users and carers. Details of the membership of the group and other contributors along with terms of reference are included in the Good Practice Guide.
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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.
Additional links
- Self care - A real choice: Self care support - A practical option
- Our health, our care, our say
- Health reform in England: Update and next steps
- National Standards, Local Action: Health and Social Care Standards and Planning Framework 2005/06-2007/08
- Action on Neurology (PDF document) (opens new window)
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