Archived Publications <3 Years

The attached workforce report has been collated from data collected in March 2020 from UK Neurosurgical Units and provides a valuable snap shot of the current situation.

 

The SBNS and the British Association of Spinal Surgeons (BASS) has developed a guideline to be used for the management of patients with suspected or confirmed Cauda Equina Syndrome. 

This document has been  circulated to all those involved with the assessment and management of patients with this condition.  The standard provides support for the immediate assessment and imaging (MRI) for such patients and their timely transfer for decompressive surgery.

 

  Standards of care for elective and emergency neurosurgery

Performing surgical procedures at an incorrect site or incorrect level has always been a major concern for all surgeons, including neurosurgeons. The SBNS has reviewed and updated it's guidance for avoidance of this problem. This updated guidance is listed above, and has been sent to all neurosurgical units and members of the SBNS. This does not represent a standards document, but does provide suggestions regarding steps that can be taken to try to avoid this potentially damaging complication.  

Defines the minimum neruosugical standards of Care 

SBNS  response to the GMC's request for consultants to practice in teams

 

Outlines the place of radiosurgery in the treatment of neurosurgical pathologies

 

Defines t he minimum facilities and requirements for safe neurosurgical practice within the UK and Ireland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New optimal pathways of care available for services for people affected by neurological conditions
The National Neuroscience Advisory Group has published several optimal clinical pathways of care across a range of neurological conditions, including movement disorders, headache and facial pain, traumatic brain injury and functional neurological disorders. 

19 June 2023
https://www.nnag.org.uk/optimum-clinical-pathways

Best practice in the management of epidural analgesia in the hospital setting
Sept 2020
https://fpm.ac.uk/media/2576

Management of Perceived Devastating Brain Injury After Hospital Admission 
A Consensus Statement
January 2018

Devastating Brain Injury 
BJA article 2017
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007091217539446 

Spinal Taskforce

Improving Spinal Care Project  March 2016
National Backpain Pathway
Regional Spinal Networks

 

 

NCEPOD - Trauma: Who Cares? Nov 2007

NCEPOD - Trauma - Who Cares? Executive Summary - Nov 2007

NCEPOD - Trauma Who Cares? Self Assessment tool

 Position Statement on Antibiotics and Low Back Pain August 2013

 NHSSpinalReport_vis2_Jan_2013.pdf    

 DH_Spinal_Taskforce_Letter_Sir_B_Keogh_2012.12.21.doc

The above report and letter has been prepared for commissioners of spinal services across England. It follows the first report published in March 2010 and is an extension of the advice given at that time.

Antibiotics and Low Back Pain July 2012
Professor C Greenough MD MChir FRCS
National Clinic Director – Spinal Disorders

Joint position statement by the Councils of the Neuroanaesthesia Society of Great Britain and Ireland (NASGBI) and the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) with regards to the calculation of cerebral perfusion pressure in the management of traumatic brain injury