These guidelines build on the Quality Requirements in the National Service Framework for Long-term (Neurological) Conditions (LTNCs) to explore the interaction between specialist neurology, rehabilitation and palliative care services, and how they may best work together to provide long-term support for people with LTNCs and the family members who care for them. The guidelines also provide practical advice for clinicians when caring for someone with an LTNC, as well as outlining indications for specialist referral.
Further information is available on: Management at the interface between neurology, rehabilitation and palliative care Concise guidance to good practice series no.10.
The information tool sets out a common vision of a good service for people with long-term conditions and offers some practical suggestions for commissioners to help bring about that vision.
(Department of Health, 14 January 2010)
