On Monday, June 15th, NAI held an online meeting with local elected representatives, patient groups and patient advocates, to highlight issues around neurology services in the midlands regional hospitals at Mullingar and Tullamore. Approximately 1 in 6 people is living with a neurological condition in Ireland, with almost 50,000 of those living in Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath.
The Regional Hospital Tullamore and the Regional Hospital Mullingar are both extremely limited in providing adequate care to the 50,000 people across the Midlands living with neurological conditions in need of the services.
Currently patients from the Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore have to travel to St James Hospital in Dublin for their appointments due to of a lack of a sufficiently resourced neurology service within the hospital.
Additionally, over 160 people are currently on a waiting list for neurology services in Regional Hospital Mullingar.