Migraine Treatments Waiting Times
In many parts of the world, the situation is the same – healthcare seems to be taking steps backward, instead of forward.
That’s not to say that research isn’t continuing. That’s not to say that advances aren’t being made. But frankly, the whole system is not progressing as it should be. Shortages are popping up all over the place. And wait times for just about everything are increasing.
And everything is important – but so are migraine patients, and so is migraine treatment. And that’s my thing, so I’m allowed to give a shout about how things ought to be getting better.
A recent article with some comments from Robert Music, chief executive of the Migraine Trust, caught my eye because it was dealing with some of these issues. Music mentions, in the UK context, that
- Wait times are increasing
- There is a shortage of specialists and GPs, particularly those specializing in migraine
- Access to new drugs is lagging
Specifically, the report said that wait times for specialist care has increased from 15 weeks in 2021 to 29 weeks in 2023 – almost double!
This won’t be the first time that I’ve pointed out that someone with new and ongoing migraine or headache symptoms needs to get to a specialist as soon as possible. Let’s do the simple math – 29 weeks is over six and a half months – more than half a year!
That has the potential not only to increase suffering, but to make the problem worse and longer-lasting.
So add your voice to the many who are calling for better treatment, education, and research. Whatever else may be going on in the world, getting migraine patients back on their feet and free of migraine symptoms is still a priority – especially for those people and their families.
To read the article, just click here: Migraine treatment times ‘almost double’ in England amid calls for condition to be taken seriously