'We see people’s condition worsening': Poor access to neurology treatments criticised 

Professor Orla Hardiman: 'The covid-19 pandemic exposed the underdevelopment and lack of capacity across neurology and neurorehabilitation services which were significantly overstretched pre-pandemic. Picture: Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography

More people with neurological conditions are dying than was typical before the pandemic and access to therapies remains so limited one in 10 patients are forced to go private instead, the Neurological Alliance of Ireland (NAI) warned.

Some 50% of family carers said access to vital therapies such as physiotherapy and neuropsychology had not returned to pre-pandemic levels, an NAI survey shows.