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.
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