Access to a Consultant Neurologist should not depend on where you live yet people with chronic long term neurological conditions are regularly travelling between 60 and 112 km to see their Neurologist.
The Neurological Alliance of Ireland’s Patients Deserve Better campaign is calling for regional neurology services in 5 hospitals across the country, in Bantry, Wexford, Portlaoise, Letterkenny and Mayo hospitals.
The campaign launched on Tuesday March 12th to coincide with National Brain Awareness Week. Visit the campaign website Patients Deserve Better and follow the conversation on social media at #patientsdeservebetter
Representatives from the Neurological Alliance of Ireland highlighted the 2024 Patients Deserve Better campaign at their presentation to the Oireachtas Committee on Health on May 15th 2024. The full recording of the meeting can be seen at NAI Presentation to the Oireachtas Committee on Health
Download the campaign brochure at Patients Deserve Better Brochure 2024