Ms Magdalen Rogers:

The specialist nurses are based in acute neurology services within the hospitals. They perform a critical role there in supporting the acute neurology services but it is all interlinked. It is all part of a pathway. The specialist nurses would refer out to the community neurorehabilitation teams and the community teams would also refer back in. They are all needed as part of the pathway for people with neurological conditions. These are often life-long conditions, where people are living for years in the community. They need to have support available at the immediate stage when they are diagnosed with a neurological condition and they have their immediate treatment and also longer-term, in the community.