Wexford neurorehabilitation services
Deputy Murphy raised severe gaps in neurorehabilitation services for people in Wexford with neurological conditions and sought a team for the area. The Minister said he would ask the Department of Health to respond quickly.
The neurorehabilitation strategy implementation framework was launched in February 2019. The overarching aim of the strategy is the development of neurorehabilitation services to improve patient outcomes by providing safe, high-quality, person-centred neurorehabilitation. People in Wexford who are living with stroke injury, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, Huntington's disease, epilepsy and many other neurological conditions are living with wholly inadequate services in their areas. They have a basic right to those services. Their call for a neurorehabilitation team for community healthcare organisation 5, CHO 5, is supported by 22 neurological charities. The establishment of such a team in CHO 5 will support hundreds and thousands of people to live independently. I implore the Government to set up such a team.
Comment on this
I understand the Deputy's motivation and the importance of the matter she has raised. I do not have the details on the appropriate delivery of such a service.
I will ask the Minister's officials to make sure the Department of Health responds as quickly as possible to the information provided.