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Why is the Minister continuing to give experts and patient advocates the cold shoulder?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Minister for Health must explain why he\u2019s ignored repeated calls to fund the Mater\u2019s Long Covid Clinic, according to Social Democrats Health Spokesperson R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mater\u2019s clinic is the longest running Long Covid clinic in Ireland and yet it\u2019s being forced to cut back its services.<\/p>\n

\u201cClinicians in the Mater have been at the coal face of Long Covid since June 2020. Over the past two years, they have published 17 articles on Covid and a study of 155 Long Covid patients which uncovered high levels of neurological complications and mental health difficulties.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite these findings, the Government\u2019s interim plan for managing Long Covid is primarily focused on the lungs and heart, not the brain.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly one neurologist has been funded under the Government\u2019s plan and the Mater has been excluded from Long Covid clinic funding. It beggars belief that the clinic with the most expertise and institutional knowledge has essentially been cast aside.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe neurological and psychological impacts of Long Covid have been known for some time, having first been identified in the medical literature in December 2020, nine months before this Government\u2019s guidance was finalised.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis raises serious questions for the Minister for Health and the HSE.<\/p>\n

“Why hasn\u2019t the interim guidance for Long Covid kept pace with the science? Why is the Minister continuing to give experts and patient advocates the cold shoulder? Why won\u2019t the Minister for Health fund the Mater\u2019s Long Covid Clinic?<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, Long Covid patients will suffer most unless this Government designs services based on the science.\u201d<\/p>\n

2 October, 2022<\/p>\n

Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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