A paper written by a NPHS Consultant in Public Health Medicine and entitled ‘An overview of neurological disorders in Wales’ has been published in the Journal of Neuro-epidemiology.
The aim of the paper is to assist commissioners of health services in Wales in their planning for future provision of services for neurological and neurosurgical patients.
The report concludes that approximately 5.8% of the population in Wales are affected by neurological and neurosurgical disorders that include headaches, traumatic and infectious diseases of the nervous system.
The abstract of the paper is available to view from the website of the Journal of Neuro-epidemiology at: http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowAbstract&ArtikelNr=98549&Ausgabe=232799&ProduktNr=224263#AC