🛡️ Strengthening Risk Assessment and Clinical Confidence
SASNOS has made a significant contribution to risk assessment and patient safety by providing a structured, evidence-based tool to monitor changes in neurobehavioural disability (NBD) over time. Clinical decision-making is no longer reliant on judgement alone — it is now guided by consistent, validated data.
A Medical Director from a major neurorehabilitation provider shared how SASNOS has enhanced their team’s confidence and capability:
“This is enormously important to us as a service. We need to confirm to patients, their families, and commissioners that the rehabilitation we provide is effective and good value for money. Both are essential in helping us sustain our business as an effective and cost-efficient provider of rehabilitation services.”
They reported that SASNOS not only increased confidence in care plans but also enhanced team understanding of the diversity and impact of NBD, leading to improved clinical decision-making and more transparent outcomes reporting.
🧾 Embedded into Routine Clinical Practice
Large providers of neurorehabilitation have invested significantly in integrating SASNOS into their electronic patient record (EPR) systems, where it is now used as a mandatory assessment tool.
A Lead Psychologist and Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, who has administered SASNOS approximately 130 times per year, reports that many patients have directly benefitted from its use since 2011. They note:
“I am not currently aware of another tool that could take its place. Its level of integration within our service is now such that it is available to complete directly within the electronic patient record system.”
This level of integration reflects both the clinical utility and the institutional confidence in SASNOS as a core component of neurorehabilitation delivery.
🌍 Voices from Practice: Further Clinical Impact
Additional feedback from international clinicians highlights how SASNOS is enhancing practice, guiding interventions, and supporting cross-disciplinary understanding:
🇬🇧 “It [SASNOS] has proved a useful tool in educating and informing medical teams and other professionals that are not trained in neurology regarding neurobehavioral difficulties / impairments.”
— Occupational Therapist, Public Sector (UK)
🇨🇦 “Helps show the areas where support is required, along with tools to show improvement.”
— Behavioural Therapist, Private Sector (Canada)
🇬🇧 “Seeing whether the interventions we are putting in place have a positive outcome or not is very helpful.”
— Principal Psychologist, Private Sector (UK)
These insights underscore how SASNOS is helping diverse teams deliver more targeted, evidence-led, and accountable care in neurorehabilitation.