1. Neurological Alliance AGM and Conference 24 November 2009

2. Over 8 million visitors p/month

3. Why people use NHS Choices

4. Partnership with Neurological Alliance and its members  Productive workshop in London, May 2009  Collaborative working with individual organisations on content development  Support for e-newsletters  Tourettes Action  Neurological Alliance

5. Content Development  Richmond & Kingston ME Group  Dystonia Society  Ataxia UK  AT-Society  Parkinson's Disease Society  Headway  UKABIF  The Stroke Association  Different Strokes  Headway  British Polio Fellowship  MS Society  Epilepsy Action  Epilepsy Bereaved  National Society for Epilepsy

6. Content Development  Still working to update content  Batch 3 due December, batch 4 new year  Also worked with MND Association and Brain Tumour UK to review content and create videos

7. E-newsletter  "We need to get our messages to many thousands of people and we have a miniscule budget. The Enewsletter partnership with NHS Choices gives us a brilliant vehicle - compelling, professional, straightforward to get up and running. Great user feedback too. We love it."  Hillary Box, Director of Development, Tourettes Action.

8. Going Forward  Content Development – get involved  Emarketing  Workshops (8 December and 27 January) – places available  Review website performance  Email marketing – developing a strategy and implementation, e.g. how to assess performance, writing effective copy  More partners welcome for e-newsletters

9. .  David McConnell  Stakeholder Relations, NHS Choices  david.mcconnell@dh.gsi.gov.uk david.mcconnell@dh.gsi.gov.uk  020 7972 5055