We are delighted to welcome our newest NAI members, The Dublin Neurological Institute (The DNI). he DNI is aCentre of Excellence for the care of patients with neurological diseases including Parkinson’s disease, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Stroke, Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Headache, Neuropathy, Myopathy and Muscular dystrophy.
The 2024 HSE national service plan, published yesterday, outlines a commitment to develop community neurorehabilitation teams in five CHO areas in 2024.
The NAI Brain Awareness toolkit is now available to download. It is packed full of promotional materials, resources and information for you to download and use for all your social media pages and websites in the lead up to and during Brain Awareness Week (March 11th to 17th).
NAI welcomes the commitment in the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026, published in December 2023, to have a community neurorehabilitation team in each of the 6 new Regional Health Areas and to increase the size of the team to 18 WTE (whole time equivalent) staff members.
The NAI Board appointed Alison Cotter as Vice Chair at their first Board meeting of the year on January 25th. Alison is Alison Cotter, a graduate of Law and Business at the University of Galway, has been with MS Ireland as their Advocacy and Research Officer since May of 2022.
Brain Awareness Week takes place this year from March 11th to 17th and is currently supported by 35 patient organisations and research groups. It is an annual awareness initiative which aims to promote greater awareness of the brain and brain conditions, as well as the need for more investment in services, research and prevention.
The Neurological Alliance of Ireland are excited to be working with our Project Partners the Disability Federation of Ireland and the HSE in Phase II of the Joint Neuromapping Project.
The European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA) has launched its Stronger Connected Map – an interactive tool that allows users to search for and explore organisations across Europe by neurological condition, country or both.
On November 29th, NAI were delighted to address representatives of patient organisations from across Europe at the EFNA (European Federation of Neurological Associations) Event on November 29th in Dun Laoghaire Dublin.. Entitled "Stronger Connected" the workshop focused on approaches across Europe to put in place policy frameworks and investment around neurological services.
Following on from the NAI Patients Deserve Better campaign for community neurorehabilitation teams, the recent Budget saw dedicated funding allocated, for the second year in a row, to support the roll-out of these teams nationwide.