North of Scotland Child & Adolescent Neurology Network
NeSCANN
North of Scotland Child & Adolescent Neurology Network
Clinical Leads: Dr Alice Jollands and Dr Elma Stephen
Network Manager: Fiona Collins
The North of Scotland Child & Adolescent Neurology Network (NeSCANN) provides services across 5 health board boundaries in the North of Scotland. The network is well established, having been formalised at the time of the National Delivery Plan (2008-2011) when a variety of posts were funded across all disciplines (e.g. consultants, nursing, physio, neuropsychology and specialist dietetic staff) within individual Health Boards to sustain specialist children’s services across Scotland.
The network provides a mixture of cross board and locally based specialist neurology services to ensure person-centred, safe, effective, equitable care. NDP funding was utilised to appoint locally based teams to provide secondary care, with tertiary support provided on a monthly basis in Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness and twice yearly in Shetland and Orkney.
Staff within the network have access to a wide range of training opportunities, designed to support the development and sustainability of the network.
Useful Information
Network Information for Patients and Families
Network Annual Reports
Useful websites
www.spen.scot.nhs.uk – Scottish Paediatric Epilepsy Network
www.nonepilepticattacks.info – Information about non-epileptic attacks and non-epileptic attack disorder
Page updated 22/05/23