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Background: Neuropsychological assessment enables clinicians to use standardised tools and systemic formulation approaches to assess cognition and provide targeted psycho-education and rehabilitative input. The research literature is currently limited regarding the perspectives of different stakeholders on the neuropsychological assessment experience, and resulting reports. Aims: This paper explores what professional stakeholders consider to be a 'good' neuropsychological assessment/what is important to them, and examines service user experiences of neuropsychological assessment within a neuropsychology outpatient service. Method: A small-scale service evaluation project comprised an online survey completed by 17 professionals who receive neuropsychological report from this service. A semi-structured schedule was used to guide telephone interviews with nine service users who had recently experienced a neuropsychological assessment. Results: Both professional stakeholder surveys and service user telephone interviews provided feedback regarding what they found helpful and unhelpful in neuropsychological assessments, and suggested areas for improvement including: provision of an information booklet, offering a choice of remote or in-person appointments, and offering follow-up appointments after the assessment. Discussion: Recommendations are made for service improvements, and for future larger-scale research projects within this subject area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]