Project Name: Frimley MS Service Redesign and Capacity Support

Project Summary:

The Collaborative Working Project (CWP) aims to redesign and expand the Multiple Sclerosis service with the addition of a Multiple Sclerosis Specialist Nurse to support with the management, review, and follow-ups of Multiple Sclerosis patients. This will address the staff shortages being experienced and help tackle the backlog of patients.

Planned Milestones:

Planned Milestone Frimley

 

Expected Benefits:

Benefits to NHS

  • Improved quality of care
  • Reduction in patient waiting lists
  • Improved efficiency of referral to treatment times and outcomes
  • Improved experience of staff by spreading workload
  • Improved patient outcomes due to faster time from referral to treatment
  • Improved access to NICE recommended therapy
  • Enhanced patient experience of the NHS MS Service by reducing unnecessary waiting times.

Benefits to Patients

  • Improved patient outcomes due to faster time from referral to treatment
  • Improved access to NICE recommended therapy
  • Enhanced patient experience of the NHS MS Service by reducing unnecessary waiting times.

Benefits to Novartis

  • Learnings relating to the use of experienced MS nurses in place of MS consultants
  • Better understanding of overall customers’ and patients’ needs;
  • Optimal use of medicines (including Novartis medicines) in appropriate patients

Start Date & Duration: October 2022 for 23 months (September 2024)

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