1. Lynne Barr North East Neurosciences Network Lead

2. What are we ? Partnership – working together/accountability
Association - relationships
Collaborative – mutual benefit
Confederation - amalgamation /incorporate
Society - identity
Club! - membership

3. North East Regional Commissioning Network
Strategic Health
Authority
Vocational Skills &
Employment
Public Health
Housing
Specialist
Commissioner
PCT cluster –
service reform /improvement
Mental Health
User Engagement
Local Authority
Social Care
Carers Group
Reference Groups:
Experts &
Provider
Services
Local & Cluster
Communication
& information
Voluntary
Audit/R&D
Evidence Base
Third Sector
Workforce
Development
Independent
Skills for Health
Higher Education
And Training

4. Aims of the Network Quality Requirements in the NSF Access to services
Consistency in standards
Social inclusion
Partnership, sharing and learning
Supporting local strengths

5. How we are approaching this
Establishing a regional profile
what happens now, how many, needs?
Agreeing standards and approaches
through pathway developments
Working with social care and employment
Workforce development
Information and communication
Leadership

6. Regional profile Prevalence data – up dated
Hospital admissions – by age,
PCT , condition
Primary care data – where available
Social care data – matching resources

7. Year 1 : behind the scenes
Assess – plan – implement – review
Regional audit & engagement
Agreed approaches to pathways
Key relationships :social care disability group
Leadership: positive profile
Communication & information

8. Milestones Regional priorities 2 years (bids) Web site access
Community neuro rehab teams
Network support
Pathways development
Head injury coordinator (Durham & Tees)
Web site access
Share site available
Workforce development bid

9. Outcomes Local : National & local profile - event
information service x 3
Self management (S.Tees)
Tees cluster forum
Vocational rehab project:6 months (SoTW)
Research support (Durham)
National & local profile - event
Regional Workforce Bid
more specialists in 2 years

10. Bid £680,000 for 2 years Voluntary sector partnership
Mentor role
10 new posts and 10 existing
Action research
Outreach in to community
settings
Retention of clinical skills
Standards for North East

11. Benefits
Future Skills Network
Current Services

12. What next? Development of pathways – PCO leads Local engagement
Acquired brain injury
Progressive conditions
epilepsy
Local engagement
Forums eg Teesside
website
Standards and workforce
2 year investment and research
Effectiveness
Person reported outcomes: Neuro Alliance
5 year commissioning intentions

13. Tim Sanders, chief solutions officer at Yahoo
One part we can all take !
‘Knowledge sharing is the basis of everything. Share your knowledge with reckless abandon’
Tim Sanders, chief solutions officer at Yahoo

14. Strong beginning……

15. "Why not go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is
"Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is." (Will Rogers, cowboy, actor, philanthropist, Ack CB)

16. website Neurological Alliances Na.na.org.uk/neurosciences
TVDNY
Northern Areas
Na.na.org.uk/neurosciences
Updated after network meetings