
policy

Expanding data and reaching seldom-heard voices: help take NeuroLifeNow to the next level
The Brain and Spine Foundation and The Neurological Alliance have been running the NeuroLifeNow app together for the past year. It’s a platform to support people with neurological conditions to share their stories and gather real-time data around their experience of care, treatment, support and daily living. Neurological Alliance Trustee and Brain and Spine Foundation […]

Recognising mental wellbeing needs: our response to the Government’s mental health and wellbeing call for evidence
Mental health and wellbeing affect us all, but don’t affect us all equally. People with neurological conditions are more likely to need mental health support than those without. While this is also true of people with other long-term health conditions, there is a unique, complex and often poorly understood interplay between the physical and the […]

NHS England and NHS Improvement publish roadmap for delegation of specialised services
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) have set out their plans to delegate responsibility for a range of services to an ‘Integrated Care System’ (ICS) level. This means that many services that are currently planned and commissioned at a national level (i.e. specialised) will now be planned and commissioned at a regional level. The ‘Roadmap […]

NHS England and NHS Improvement to appoint new National Clinical Directors for neuroscience
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) have confirmed they will appoint new National Clinical Directors (NCDs) for neurology, and neurosurgery and spinal surgery. A long time coming The roles are an important step in tackling the significant unwarranted variation in treatment, care and support for the 1 in 6 living with a neurological condition in […]

Improving mental health: join us in responding to the Government’s call for evidence
We welcome the Government’s call for evidence to develop a 10 year plan to improve mental health for everyone across the UK. Help make sure the neurological community is represented and join us in submitting a response. We know that living with a neurological condition, or caring for someone who does, can affect every part […]

Providing insight, working together: driving the neurology agenda forward in 2022
David Martin, The Neurological Alliance’s Chair of Trustees and CEO of MS Trust, writes: I recently met Sally. She is living in pain. Sally is struggling to walk and struggling to work. Her appointment to see a neurologist is months away. Sally is one of the 176,000 people with existing or suspected neurological conditions whose […]