Dr. Sarah O'Doherty:

The Devlin family have summarised everything very well. On childhood acquired brain injury, one of the issues is that it really is, generally, a lifelong condition. Needs change in these children with development which makes the level of service they need quite intensive. I work at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, but I am not speaking on its behalf today. However, I see a lot of children coming back to its services, or further down the line, years after a child has suffered an acquired brain injury, problems can present and parents find it very hard to access services at that stage. There are problems around access to services and information and a lack of clarity about acquired brain injury in the community and within the education system.