Integrated Community Musculoskeletal (MSK) Service

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) who have commissioned an Integrated Community MSK service for Darlington.The overarching outcome of the service is to enhance the management of patients within primary care and actively manage the demand for secondary care services; ensuring patients have speedy access to appropriate treatment.The aims of the service are to:To deliver a service which meets the needs of the local health communityTo ensure patients receive appropriate assessment and treatment in a timely manner to help reduce long term disabilityTo ensure patients are only referred for surgical intervention or appropriate further advice/diagnostics where appropriateTo follow agreed pathways that optimises patient outcomes and use of resources