Multiple Sclerosis - No specialists
There is no specialist for multiple sclerosis and patients are passed around from one neurologist to another as none seem to stay. At present I have no neurologist as they are again recruiting. Getting already prescribed drugs for MS is way too complicated. Once prescribed it then depends on secretaries actually getting round to dealing with the prescription which for some reason then has to go to the Conquest Hospital before going to BUPA Home Healthcare for them to deliver. Drugs are late or fail to arrive and that's when it is not BUPA's fault. BUPA have their own issues which just add to this stressful and unreliable debacle. From prescription to receipt of drugs, far too many people are involved and patients are left to worry if their next prescription will turn up. The drugs cannot be suddenly stopped. The lack of MS specialists locally mean patients are getting very little care indeed and MS nurses are having to bear the brunt which means they are not easy to contact. There is no feedback option on the Healthwatch website for multiple sclerosis care or MS nurses.