The Good Practice Guide suggests how the Quality Requirements in the NSF can be implemented locally. It contains some evaluated examples of good practice provided by organisations willing to share their experiences of implementing NSF recommendations. The Good Practce Guide was updated in January 2006 and new examples of good practice added.

• A person-centred service
  People with long term neurological conditions are offered integrated assessment and planning of their health and social care needs. They receive the information they need to make informed decisions about their care. They receive support to manage their condition themselves.
• Early recognition
  People suspected of having a neurological condition are to have prompt access to specialist neurological expertise for an accurate diagnosis. Treatment should be as close to home as possible.
• Emergency management
  People needing hospital admission for a neurosurgical or neurological emergency are to be assessed and treated in a timely manner, by teams with the appropriate neurological and resuscitation skills and facilities.
• Specialist rehabilitation
  People with long term neurological conditions are to receive timely, high quality rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation should adapt to their continuing and changing needs. Once home, they need ongoing support in the community.
• Community support
  People with long term neurological conditions living at home are to have access to rehabilitation, advice and support to meet their continuing and changing needs. This will increase their independence.
• Vocational rehabilitation
  People with long term neurological conditions are to have access to rehabilitation and support to help them stay in their job or access training.
• Equipment
  People with long term neurological conditions receive assistive technology and adaptations to their accommodation to help them live independently and improve their quality of life.
• Providing choices
  Health and social care services work together to give people with long term neurological conditions the choice of living independently.
• Palliative care
  People in the later stages of long term neurological conditions receive a range of palliative care services to control symptoms, offer pain relief and meet their needs for personal, social and psychological support.
• Supporting carers
  Carers of people with long term neurological conditions have access to appropriate support and services that recognise their needs.
• Providing other care
  People with long term neurological conditions have their neurological needs met while receiving care for other reasons, in any health or social care setting.