The multidisciplinary team (MDT) Jan Clarke, Consultant Nurse for Motor Neurone Disease, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery ‘Provide coordinated care for people with MND, using a clinic-based, specialist MND multidisciplinary team approach. The clinic may be community or hospital based’ NICE Guideline NG 42, 2016
Issues for people living with MND • Lack of control • Strain on informal carers • Social care can vary in quality • Coordinated MDT essential • A key paper that highlights the importance of MDT working can be found here.
Planning Care • Unpredictable • Rapid progression • Changing care needs • Coordinated care • NICE Guideline on MND https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng42
The multidisciplinary team • Core group • Face to face or virtual • Access to other disciplines
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