The Long-Term Conditions (LTC) community

Long Term Conditions has become a higher priority nationally over recent years.  This commenced with the publication of the National Service Framework (NSF) for Long-Term Conditions in 2005.

The NSF set out a vision for the next ten years of how we can provide the best possible care for people living with long-term conditions.  It drew on exhaustive research of best practices and set them out as the eleven quality requirements of a 'first-class service'.

2010 will be five years since the LTnC NSF was published and the Long Term Conditions Delivery Support Team wish to gain the support of stakeholders to develop a Mid Point Review.

An on-line survey has been made available to gather as many opinions as possible and can be found in the 'useful information' section of the website.

In June 2008, Lord Darzi published the Next Stage Review which responded to the 10 SHA strategic visions and set out a vision for an NHS with quality at its heart.  This paper included Long Term Conditions as a priority.

The LTC team's purpose is to help anyone with an interest in improving delivery of Long-Term Conditions services.  Three interlinked parts of this website work together:

• To bring information Long Term Conditions together in one place,

• To access self assessment tools to help you identify how you are doing. It can also point you towards information and expertise to help you change and track your own journey as you progress,

• To allow a community of people with a common interest in long-term conditions to work together, share ideas and knowledge and achieve more than we can as individuals.

Please have a look around the site. If you find what you see useful, join us in working together to make things better.

CLICK HERE to register as part of the Long Term Conditions community.

For information or to make suggestions, contact us: info@longtermconditions.csip.org.uk