THE Health Strategy outlined in 2001 is in tatters. It promised an action plan for rehabilitation and physiotherapy, as well psychological assessment for thousands of people with neurological conditions, but six years later the plan has still not been implemented.

ANOTHER leading consultant is to quit his post in Cork, bringing to three the number of specialists to leave the region in six months.

HUNDREDS of angry parents are planning to picket the Government’s Cabinet meeting in Cork this morning as paediatric services for thousands of special needs children face collapse.

ADULTS and children with serious neurological conditions are being forced to endure torturous return trips from Waterford to Cork and Dublin because of a lack of local services.

MANAGEMENT and consultants in hospitals have reported chaos in the way patients are assessed, admitted and discharged.

Niamh Nolan

CONCERN that the development of a €12 million private radiotherapy centre in Limerick could impact on the feasibility of a supra-regional unit in Galway has been expressed by Comhairle na nOspidéal.

UP TO seven patients, some with TB, have been refused admission to Peamount Hospital since last Wednesday, despite being referred there for treatment by doctors.

A REVIEW of neurology services has called for a trebling of the number of consultant neurologists to cut treatment waiting times.

A GROUP working with brain injury victims has strongly urged the health authorities to accept a multi-million euro offer of medical equipment.

A MAJOR children’s hospital risks ending up being nothing more than a “glorified health centre”, according to TD Tony Gregory.