South East Meeting Highlighting the Needs of Local People Living with Neurological Conditions

Online meeting to highlight the needs of local people living with neurological conditions across the South East. NAI is Calling for the Delivery of a Long Promised Community Neurorehabilitation Team for the South East The areas of the South East that come under HSE Integrated Healthcare Areas of Waterford/Wexford and Carlow/Kilkenny/South Tipperary remain the only region of the country which has not received funding to date to support the establishment of a local community neurorehabilitation team in line with the nationwide rollout committed to within the current Programme for Government. The Neurological Alliance of Ireland, the national umbrella for neurological charities is advocating to ensure that people with neurological conditions throughout the South East are not at a disadvantage when it comes to access to community neurorehabilitation services that are available across other regions. These teams provide vital specialist neurorehabilitation in the community for up to 12 weeks for people with a wide range of neurological conditions including physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, neuropsychology, dietician and nursing support. NAI is Calling for a Neurology Service for Tipperary University Hospital The 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland, published a decade ago this year, stipulated that Model 3 hospitals including Tipperary University Hospital should have a dedicated neurology service. The Neurological Alliance of Ireland, the national umbrella for neurological charities is advocating to address this regional inequity in access to neurology for patients throughout Tipperary with Tipperary hospital now the only Model 3 hospital across the South East that does not have a dedicated neurology service.