1. National Framework for Service Change Neurosciences Action team
Assessment Criteria
National Framework for Service Change
Neurosciences Action team
Monday 10th January 2005

2. Agreed Criteria Co location on a university teaching hospital site
Co location of paediatric and adult neurosurgical services
There should be specialist neurosurgical beds, theatre facilities, ICU, HDU and multi disciplinary teams
There should be co-location with other neuroscience specialties i.e. neurosurgery should be located within a neuroscience context.

3. Agreed Criteria (2)
Provision of 24 hour care by a multi disciplinary team.
Equity of access
Local services
The ability to meet recognised standards e.g. SBNS, SIGN Guidelines for the management of head injury.

4. Agreed Actions
Each member of the action team to weight the individual criteria.
The total of each weighting should be 100.
Individual weightings sent to J Miller by 6th January 2005.
J Miller to collate the individual weightings

5. Next Steps
Agree whether final weighting should be based on average or median of individual weights
Use the agreed final weighting to assess each of the agreed options.