Rehab for all
Rehab could be vital for helping survivors with movement, speech, strength and daily living skills
Ambulance waiting times are back on the rise for stroke patients, data shows. Currently, a stroke falls under category two of ambulance call outs, along with other serious conditions such as heart attacks. The national standard that is set out to all ambulance trusts states that they must respond to category two calls, in 18 [...]
Many ethnic minority patients in England with the most common form of atrial fibrillation (AF) are not being prescribed the blood thinners they need to lower their risk stroke, according to data scientists. The University of Manchester study compared recommended treatment (oral anticoagulation such as warfarin), less effective treatment (aspirin), and no treatment. Compared to [...]
"Devastation" at the loss of the specialist neuro-rehabilitation resource and concern at how the needs of ABI survivors will now be met
The largest study of its kind looks at the surgical management of TBI, highlighting regional inequalities in major causes and treatment of injuries
A stroke charity in Essex has been forced to close its doors after a copper piping theft caused a ‘huge’ gas leak. The thieves detached a gas pipe while stripping the material from the Tendring Specialist Stroke Services building in Holland-on-Sea. The charity provides rehabilitation and therapy to stroke survivors who experience isolation due to [...]
Three quarters of people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) are concerned at accessing frontline healthcare due to the lack of specialist knowledge from health professionals about their condition, a new report has revealed.
At a Hilton Hotel in Maidstone on Valentine's Day last year, protestors interrupted a group of GPs as they voted unanimously to stop commissioning acute stroke services in four hospital across Kent and Medway, where there are around 3,000 cases of stroke treated every year.
Under the Joint Committee of Clinical Commissioning Groups for the Review of Urgent Stroke Services in Kent and Medway’s new plans to adopt three hyper-acute stroke services, there will instead be a 34-bed unit at Darent Valley Hospital, a 38-bed unit at Maidstone Hospital and a 52-bed unit at William Harvey Hospital, along with a two-bed outflow at Eastbourne General Hospital. This means acute services at Margate’s Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM), Medway Hospital, Tunbridge Wells Hospital, and Kent and Canterbury Hospital will stop.
Fifty-seven per cent of people surveyed, who had all sustained their injuries in the last two years, say their access to specialist treatment has been negatively impacted from lockdown measures.
Among those living with the long-term effects of brain injury, two thirds reported that their mental health has deteriorated due to government measures to control the spread of Covid-19, and the same number fear for their futures.
These findings highlight the importance of ensuring those affected by brain injury are provided with appropriate physical, psychological and social rehabilitation, says Headway.
Peter McCabe, the charity’s chief executive of Headway, says the findings are ‘deeply concerning’.
It warns that failing to provide these services can have devastating consequences for people’s lives, and bring greater costs for the NHS and social care systems. Community rehabilitation provides vital support for patients outside hospital to allow them to continue their recovery from emergencies such as stroke and heart failure, or to enable them to manage conditions such as lung disease and arthritis. But a new report – published by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, the Royal College of Occupational Therapists and Sue Ryde – warns of “patchy provision” or people with MS, stroke and other conditions. Community rehabilitation provides vital support for patients outside hospital to allow them to continue their recovery from emergencies such as stroke and heart failure, or to enable them to manage conditions such as lung disease and arthritis. But a new report – published by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, the Royal College of Occupational Therapists and Sue Ryde – warns of “patchy provision” or people with MS, stroke and other conditions.
