This leaflet answers common questions about the community neurological conditions management team. If you would like further information, or have any worries, please do not hesitate to ask your nurse or doctor.

The community neurological conditions management team (CNCMT) is based at the Royal Free London Neurological Rehabilitation Centre (NRC). The NRC is a rehabilitation service
for Barnet residents that provides specialist in-patient, out- patient, and community services for adults with a neurological condition.

Referrals

We accept referrals for patients who:

  • Are Barnet residents with a GP in one of the North Central London Boroughs (Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington) and are 18 years or over
  • Have provided consent for referral.
  • Have a neurological condition. For example: multiple sclerosis (MS), motor neurone disease, cerebral palsy, head injury, spinal cord injury, ataxia.
  • Require assessment and/or intervention.
  • Require monitoring via the long-term conditions (LTC) register.

We do not see people who have had a stroke or Parkinson’s disease (unless for vocational rehabilitation).

We can consider out-of-area referrals in negotiation with local services and local commissioners. Referrals can be made by any health and social care professional. Once known to the team, individuals may self-refer into the service if they require further intervention.

The care we provide

We aim to work together to support individuals to manage their neurological condition. We provide a range of therapy intervention programmes that are tailored to each patient.

The length and intensity of intervention varies according to the patient’s needs, from a single session to a more intensive episode of multidisciplinary intervention over several weeks. Sessions take place at home, in the local community or at the Royal Free London Neurological Rehabilitation Centre.

The long-term conditions register

This is a database of all patients with long-term progressive neurological conditions known to the service. We enter patients’ details onto the database to help support long term monitoring and management.

Individual reviews are scheduled according to need and will be between three to 12 months. Reviews may be with one member of the team or within our multidisciplinary review clinic.

Out-patient services

These include:

  • Weekly assessment and intervention clinics.
  • Individual out-patient sessions are available with members of the multidisciplinary team.
  • Rapid access to the multiple sclerosis clinical nurse specialist.
  • Vocational rehabilitation service to support people to access, remain in or return to work following neurological injury or illness.

The health and wellbeing group programmes currently available include:

  • Fatigue management
  • Independence with exercise

Our team of healthcare professionals includes:

  • Clinical team lead.
  • Consultant neurologist.
  • Clinical neuropsychologist.
  • Dietitian.
  • Multiple sclerosis clinical nurse specialist.
  • Occupational therapists.
  • Vocational occupational therapists.
  • Physiotherapists.
  • Rehabilitation assistants.
  • Speech and language therapist.
  • Neuro-navigator.

Please contact us if you have any questions or would like to discuss a referral.

Tell us what you think

We are interested in your views about the service you received. Please follow the link below to leave feedback about your experience:

If you have a complaint, please contact us directly on the number above or the patient advice and liaison service (PALS):

Telephone: 020 7472 6446 or 020 7472 6447
24-hour answer phone: 020 7472 6445
SMS/text (for hearing impaired only): +44 7860 023 323
Email: rfh.pals@nhs.net