Ms Magdalen Rogers:

There is not. Our information from the neurology services in Galway is that one in four of their referrals is from Mayo hospital, but they do not have the resources in Galway hospital to provide outreach services. They are keen to provide them. There are significant issues for patients travelling from Mayo to Galway, but also for clinicians in Mayo and local GPs who do not have the opportunity for the services and expertise of a consultant neurologist. There is an entire catchment area that would benefit from having a dedicated neurologist in Mayo hospital. According to the 2016 model of care for neurology services, all model 3 hospitals should have dedicated outpatient neurology services. We will speak to this issue again this morning, but Mayo is an outlier in that regard along with a number of other hospitals. There are smaller hospitals with neurology outreach while Mayo does not. It is one of the things we are calling for investment of resources in, so that service can be in Mayo hospital too.