Neurological Care and Support in Scotland: A Framework for Action 2020-2025 - Final Report

Appendix 3 – Acknowledgements

The Scottish Government would like to thank all partners who contributed to helping to shape and deliver this Framework. We are particularly indebted to the late Gerard Gahagan whose expertise, leadership and insightfulness was central in shaping the Framework at its inception.

The contribution of the National Advisory Committee for Neurological Conditions has been invaluable in prioritising commitments to be delivered as part of the Framework and in supporting decisions on what was funded through open funding calls.

We’d also like to thank all the partners who have worked with us. The Neurological Alliance of Scotland, its member organisations and people with neurological conditions and their carers, partner organisations within NHS Scotland and Health and Social Care Partnerships, those who have provided leadership in delivering projects that were funded, and colleagues within Scottish Government who have enabled many of the Framework activities.

Members of National Advisory Committee for Neurological Conditions (at March 2025)

• Baroness Stephanie Fraser of Craigmaddie (Chair), Cerebral Palsy Scotland
• Dr Jenny Preston (Deputy Chair), NHS Ayrshire and Arran
• Susan Walker (Deputy Chair), NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Dr Michael Blackmore, GP, NHS Forth Valley
• Dr David Breen, Consultant Neurologist, NHS Lothian
• Dr Callum Duncan, Consultant Neurologist, NHS Grampian
• Nicola Fleming-Stewart, Senior Nurse, Specialist Services, NHS Tayside
• Wendy Forrest, Clackmannanshire & Stirling Health & Social Care Partnership
• Jennifer Hall, Deputy Chair of the Neurological Alliance of Scotland (NAoS)
• Dr Alison Hunter, Rehabilitation Medicine Consultant, NHS Lothian
• James Magro, Allied Health Profession (AHP) Advanced Practitioner, NHS Tayside
• Stephanie McNairney, National Centre for Sustainable Delivery, NHS Golden Jubilee
• Judith Newton, National MND Nurse Consultant – University of Edinburgh
• Keith Park, Chair of the Neurological Alliance of Scotland
• Dr Saif Razvi, Speciality Advisor to the Chief Medical Officer (SACMO) and NHS GG&C
• Dr Maggie Whyte, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, NHS Grampian

Past members (since the Framework was launched in 2020)

• Jamie Cochrane, Centre for Sustainable Delivery
• Dr. Richard Davenport, NHS Lothian. Former Speciality Advisor to Chief Medical Officer
• Diane Fraser, North Lanarkshire Council, Social Work Scotland
• Rhona Johnson, Epilepsy Scotland, Depute Chair of NAoS
• Tanith Muller, Parkinson’s UK, Chair of NAoS
• Morna Simpkins, MS Society, Chair of NAoS
• Gail Smith, Chief Officer, Angus Health and Social Care Partnership
• Anissa Tonberg, Epilepsy Scotland, Depute Chair of NAoS