Seeking a new approach, The Walton Centre, which specialises in spinal surgery, has got together with partners from the NHS, third sector and patients, to form a collaboration and a programme of work called the Neuro Network (Vanguard).

One of their projects is to support health professionals to use the National Back Pain Pathway (guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) and to launch a Cheshire and Merseyside Back Pain Campaign to inform the public about the best things to do when they experience back pain.