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The NHS 10-year workforce plan for England: hope for the future?
About the author Clare Addison is a senior nurse with 42 years’ experience within specialist neurosciences and acute surgery. She has been living with Parkinsons for the last nine and half years. Clare is currently a patient and public voice representative on the NHS England Neurology Clinical Reference Group which provides guidance and leadership on […]
2025 England Rare Disease Action Plan: what does it mean for people affected by rare neurological conditions?
Rare Disease Day 2025 (28 February) saw the publication of the 2025 England Rare Disease Action Plan, available in full here, but what does it mean for people affected by rare neurological conditions? Our Policy and External Affairs Manager, Sam Mountney, takes a closer look. Fourth and final plan This is the fourth England action […]
Four lessons from party conferences
Georgina Carr, CEO Every autumn, UK political parties hold their annual conferences – gatherings of politicians, party members and affiliated groups. I attended the Labour and Conservative Party conferences, and spoke to policymakers about the importance of involving people affected by neurological conditions in decisions around health, and the need to build a health system […]
Update from our Chair: the year ahead
Cath Stanley, Chair of Trustees July represents the start of our new business year at the Alliance. This year, it coincides with the arrival of a new government. In my role as Chair of The Neurological Alliance’s Board of Trustees, I wanted to set out what both things mean for our work in the year […]
What has the #BackThe1in6 campaign achieved so far?
Thanks to your support, we’ve made some great progress towards improving support for people affected by neurological conditions, but we’re not stopping there. Here are some of the things you’ve helped to achieve through the #BackThe1in6 campaign so far. Please help to keep that momentum going! Achievements so far Thank you None of this would […]
Unpacking the 2024 England Rare Disease Action Plan
Rare Disease Day 2024 (29/02/2024) saw the publication of the third England Rare Disease Action Plan. Rare conditions are individually rare but collectively common, affecting 1 in 17 people in the UK at some point in their lifetime. Almost half of the 7,000 known rare conditions are neurological. The latest action plan builds on the […]
