Our work

• Promoting best practice in neuroscience, including epilepsy, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and long-term neurological conditions.
• Promoting the nature, scope and value of neuroscience nursing.
• Educating nurses, HCAs and APs and improving the quality of compassionate patient care.
• Influencing changes in neuroscience that will benefit both patients and nurses.

• Neuroscience forum annual report 2023
• UK Career Framework for Stroke Nurses. This resource outlines the range of career pathways within stroke nursing and minimum recommended education requirements, in addition to knowledge and skills. It provides a guide for stroke services and employers to develop local career development frameworks for the nursing workforce.
• In partnership with the MND Association, we delivered our 4th Annual Hawking MND lecture on 25 November 2020, as an entirely virtual event due to the pandemic. Over 1,000 participants attended the MND lecture.

The RCN and its forums are invited to participate in many cross working and multidisciplinary workstreams. Below are a selection of some of the activities that members of the Neuroscience Forum are involved in on your behalf.

• The National Neurosciences Advisory Group (NNAG). We have a representative on this group.
• Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) neurology workstream. We contributed to the development of the Neurological National Specialty Report (publication due soon).
• Faculty of Pain Medicine (2015) Core standards for pain management services in the UK. London: Royal College of Anaesthetists.