The Long-term (Neurological) Conditions National Service Framework (NSF) was launched in March 2005. The NSF aims to transform the way health and social care services support people to live with long-term neurological conditions. Key themes are independent living, care planned around the needs and choices of the individual, easier, timely access to services and joint working across all agencies and disciplines involved. The principles of the NSF are also relevant to service development for other long-term conditions. This NSF is a key tool for delivering the government’s strategy to support people with long-term conditions outlined in the White Paper Our health, our care, our say and the NHS Improvement Plan: Putting People at the Heart of Public Services. It applies to health and social services working with local agencies involved in supporting people to live independently, such as providers of transport, housing, employment, education, benefits and pensions.
The NSF for Long-term (Neurological) Conditions Community website aims to help people with an interest in implementing the Long-Term Conditions NSF. It has three interlinked parts which work together to bring information about the NSF together in one place; to enable people to assess how they are doing, point them towards information and expertise to help them change and track their progress; and to allow a community of people with a common interest in long-term neurological conditions to work together, share ideas and knowledge and achieve more than they might as individuals.
Please see below for links to the NSF for Long-term (Neurological) Conditions and supporting documents, including the Information Leaflet.
On this page you will find background on the long-term conditions NSF and details of parliamentary activity related to the NSF.
The NHS End of Life Care Programme commenced in November 2004 and the aims are to improve the quality of care at the end of life for all patients and enable more patients to live and die in the place of their choice.
On this page you will find information on a range of activity that is supporting implementation of the NSF for Long-term Conditions.
On this page you will find reports of recent Long-term (Neurological) Conditions NSF events and conferences and also information on forthcoming events which may be of interest to you.