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Posted on September 26 2022 at 10:49
The Scotland report to the National Neurology Patient Experience Survey has now been published. We are grateful to the 834 people in Scotland who took part in the survey, sharing their experiences about living with a neurological condition.
Our findings show that:
- Nearly half of adults and over half of children experienced delays accessing a routine neurology appointment
- Five times more children were awaiting diagnosis than adults
- Delays are contributing to a mental health crisis
- 4 in 10 adults say their mental health needs are not being met 'at all'
- Receiving a life changing diagnosis is scary, and yet a fifth of adults and a quarter of children said they received no explanation about their condition.
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