The NHS needs to reset and reform services for neurology – now.
NewsMS Academy has commissioned a brand new report setting out a roadmap for MS services following the impact of COVID-19 on an already stretched NHS.
'NHS Reset and Reform: A new direction for health and care in multiple sclerosis' is a clear and actionable report, bringing together the expert views of multiple stakeholders across the MS community.
Dr Ian Pomeroy, Consultant Neurologist, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Funded by Roche and facilitated by Professor of Neurology and MS Academy's Academic Director Gavin Giovannoni, healthcare consultant Sue Thomas, and business improvement mentor Anthony Lawton, the report assesses the current challenges facing MS services. This includes those resulting from the pandemic, and those facing the MS community for some years - overstretched, underfunded, inequitable services.
Taken from p15 of 'NHS Reset and Reform', 2021
To make the content of the report as accessible and engaging as possible, we have developed a short video report, bringing together some of the expert voices who have contributed to the formal written version. A broader range of videos share the content of the report through the lens of their experiences, both of services during the coronavirus pandemic and in the years prior to it.
Helen Crowther, Clinical Nurse Advisor, NHS England NHSX
The need to 'reset and reform' NHS services for MS is addressed in six key themes. All of these place an overarching focus on patient quality of care, staff wellbeing and integration.
These themes are:
- Leadership
- Pathway mapping, implementation and innovation
- Commissioning and service management
- Workforce capacity and funding
- Integration and system working
- People with MS: addressing health inequalities
Sarah Gillett, Managing Director of Neurology Academy
Thanks to our sponsor, Roche
The 'Reset and Reform' report has been sponsored by Roche Products Limited. Roche Products Limited has had no control over the educational content of this publication.
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