{"id":8,"date":"2016-09-30T11:43:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T10:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcns.scot.nhs.uk\/cen\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:18:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:18:36","slug":"about-national-managed-clinical-networks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cen\/about-national-managed-clinical-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"About CEN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Children with Exceptional Healthcare Needs (CEN)<\/strong>, is a&nbsp;<strong>National Managed Clinical Network (NMCN)<\/strong>&nbsp;with the aim of strengthening specialist services for children with complex and exceptional healthcare needs in Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CEN Governance Chart can be seen&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cen.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/01\/2021-09-03-CEN-Gov-Strucutre-V0.2.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest Annual Report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/2024-25-CEN-AR-V3.1.pdf\">can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does CEN do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Works collaboratively with teams from health, social care, education, the third sector and the Scottish Government to share good practice and promote excellence in care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Supports identification of children with exceptional healthcare needs across Scotland to provide information to identify the need for resources and services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enables joint working between professionals with children and young people with exceptional healthcare needs and their families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Develops educational resources and organizes events for education about the specific needs of this group, and facilitate networking amongst professional supporting the children, young people and their families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Uses realistic medicine and quality improvement standards to advocate for care that gives quality of life for children, young people and their families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The CEN Network is one of a range of specialist networks within the&nbsp;National Network Management Service (NNMS), which is part of NHS National Services Scotland, a national board operating at the heart of&nbsp; NHS Scotland.&nbsp; NNMS is responsible for commissioning national networks on behalf of the Scottish Government Health &amp; Social Care Directorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you require more information&nbsp;please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cen.scot.nhs.uk\/home\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Children with Exceptional Healthcare Needs (CEN), is a&nbsp;National Managed Clinical Network (NMCN)&nbsp;with the aim of strengthening specialist services for children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12382,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/12382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}