Current work
Our research highlights a number of issues in relation to care for people with neurological conditions:
- There are significant delays in referral to specialists and diagnosis of a neurological condition
- Communication between people with neurological conditions and the people providing care is poor
- Information is not routinely provided to people with neurological conditions by professionals
- Care for people with neurological conditions is not joined up
- There are geographical variations in access to services and quality of services
There are several reasons for poor neurology care including:
- Commissioners (those planning and paying for services) are disengaged from neurology
- There is a lack of clarity in the responsibilities of local and national commissioners in relation to neurological service provision
- There are few incentives and accountability mechanisms relating to neurology in the health service
- Nationally collected neurology data is poor
- Neurology is not a stated priority for the NHS
Our work aims to address the causes of poor care. In this section you can find out more about our current work.
- Patient experience survey
- National Neuro Advisory Group
- Neurology Intelligence Collaborative
- Commissioning
- Subgroups
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Banner image – credit Adrian Wressell, Heart of England NHS FT
