Stroke services

Have your say on proposed changes to stroke rehabilitation services

The local NHS want to make changes to stroke rehabilitation services, to make sure people recover better and more quickly. A consultation to see what local people think of the proposals is currently underway. 

At the moment if you have a stroke, the current rehabilitation service means:

• You’ll spend more time in hospital than you need to, even when it is better for you to be at home
• You won’t always have specialist stroke staff taking care of you
• Your recovery will take longer.

More people surviving strokes means more people need local rehabilitation and support services which is why the NHS thinks now is the right time to make changes.

The changes being proposed would mean patients would spend less time waiting in a hospital bed for the right sort of care, and instead receive rehabilitation more quickly to help them go home sooner and there would be a single specialist stroke rehabilitation unit at King George Hospital.

No decisions have been made and there is still time to have your say - the consultation closes on Friday 1 April 2016.