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Patient Information
SBNS is unable to give medical advice or recommend neurosurgeons. Please use an appropriate support group or your GP.
Become a Neurosurgeon
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GUIDELINES (Some of which have been endorsed by the SBNS)
NHS England Proton Referral Programme (July 2023)
Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma Skull Base and Spinal Pathway Surgery, High Dose Radiotherapy and Proton Beam Therapy Professional Consensus Guidelines 2021
Cauda Equina Syndrome Pathway (Februay 2023)
A new pathway helping clinicians to better diagnose and care for patients with suspected Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) is now available from the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) team.
Expert Witness Guidelines - August 2019
Standards Expected of an Expert Spinal Surgeon Witness in Cases of Clinical Negligence
Management of Patients with Gas Embolism (Produced by the Intensive Care Society) - Sept 2018
Guideline for Managing Gas Embolism
Guidance For Intensive Care and and Resuscitation Teams
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in Adults 2018
Complex Regional Painsyndrome in Adults
Concussion - June 2015 Concussion Guidelines for the Education Sector
Management of cardiac arrest during neurosurgery in adults - March 2015 Guidelines for Healthcare Providers
POSITION STATEMENTS
RCS England IRM presentation
Presented to FSSA in July 2024
Legal Aspects of Medical Manslaughter May 2018
Surgical Forum of Great Britain and Ireland held on the 25th January 2016
Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness
You can download the guidelines and associated material free from the RCP website:
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/resources/prolonged-disorders-consciousness-national-clinical-guidelines