Service Development
One of the key aims of the MS Society is to improve health and social care services for people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). To achieve this we work in partnership with professionals, and provide funding, training, education and information.
The MS Society Service Development team is working to address these seven core areas:
We are developing MS specialist physiotherapy services around the country, and researching which methods work best so they may be produced elsewhere.
This provides funding, training, education and information for MS nurses and other health care professionals specialising in MS.
This supports the NHS in achieving the recommendations set out in the NICE Guideline on MS and National Service Framework for Long-term Conditions.
The MS Society is committed to supporting health and social care professionals to reach people with MS. Through the Information Providers grant the MS Society aim to make sure that every person who is diagnosed with MS has immediate access to the latest information and local support and support professionals providing quality evidence-based information.
We provide information, support, grants and training to carers, and raise the profile of carers' issues at local and national level.
This supports local authorities to improve access to social care for people affected by MS. It also supports people with MS to navigate the system and empowers them to make use of direct payments.
Palliative care is a service for people severely affected by advanced, progressive or life-limiting conditions. The MS Society have investigated the palliative care needs of people living with severe and advanced MS.
Working in partnership with other neurological organisations to understand how the impact of neurological illness and subsequent need for access to services affects people from black and ethnic minority communities and other diverse backgrounds.
We aim to contribute to service improvements for people with long term neurological conditions through enhancing the commissioning process.
