What is the GM Physiological Sciences Network?
Physiological Sciences (PS) play an essential role in supporting patients and clinicians in the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of health issues across the whole life span.
These services are delivered through eight main disciplines:
- Audiology
- Cardiac Physiology
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Physiology
- Neurophysiology
- Ophthalmic and Vision Science
- Respiratory and Sleep Physiology
- Urodynamics
- Vascular Science
The Greater Manchester Physiological Sciences Network brings together these valuable disciplines in line with the NHS England Development Framework issued in 2023. The aim of the network is to help drive the reorganisation and transformation of services at a regional and local level. They will enable greater connectivity between individual services, driving standardisation, improving quality, supporting training and career progression and, create opportunities for shared learning between and across individual groups and services.
The establishment of the network will play a key role in elective recovery, ensuring high quality accredited PS services, so that people can access the right PS tests, at the right time, in the right place, performed by the right person.