• Help people make choices about their disability and adjust to the impact on their lives
• Help clients to manage their health conditions and maximise their independence
• Help people access community services such as leisure centres and voluntary organisations
• Prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital
• Provide specialist intervention for progressive neurological conditions such as MS, MND, Parkinson’s' Disease, acquired brain injury, including stroke
• Help clients to improve their function following hospital admission
• Offer a range of other groups to suit patient needs 

Eligibility criteria

Inclusions

• Presents with a progressive or non-progressive neurological or physical condition, including patients with a palliative diagnosis
• Requires a non-intensive, uni/multi-disciplinary approach to rehabilitation (i.e. no more than one home visit per week)
• Has a progressive neurological condition
• Has therapy goals that are community-based or can be addressed as a neuro outpatient—completion of goals are not time-bound
• Requires intervention in any location e.g. home (including residential and nursing home), local community, place of work or study
• Requires specific one-off assessment e.g. swallowing assessment, walking aid assessment

Exclusions

• Patients who are currently hospital inpatients (refer to ACRT on or after date of discharge)
• Patients who do not require rehabilitation/have no goals
• Referrals for equipment only