Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion
Ms Magdalen Rogers:
Absolutely. I will come in there briefly. We have reiterated a number of asks this morning relating to freeing up the funds that have been invested to get those services up and running. I refer to the neurology nurses and the community neurorehabilitation teams. In this year's budget, we would prioritise the remaining community neurorehabilitation teams, those neurologists in the five regional hospitals we spoke about, including Letterkenny, Mayo, Portlaoise and Bantry, again in view of that geographical inequity for people trying to access services. Senator Kyne spoke about Mayo University Hospital earlier. In the longer term, it is about having a timely action plan on the inpatient neurorehabilitation beds. That is critical at this stage.
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