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Closer ties with the voluntary sector and health trusts are needed to improve care for stroke victims, it has been claimed.
Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Groups has responded to concerns from one county support group that lost its trained co-ordinator due to funding cuts.
Private physiotherapy appointments to improve recovery can cost hundreds of pounds each week. So recovery and support on the NHS is vital for many victims and their families.
Dr Helen Miller from the Gloucestershire CCG has admitted mistakes have been made, but insists a more joined up approach will ensure better care going forward.
“Part of that issue has come from changes to the system with Primary Care Trusts becoming CCGs.
“We in the health sector and social care need to work closer together and collaboratively with the voluntary sector to look at how we can all work together in a more efficient way.”
A stroke is damage to the brain caused by an interruption to it's blood supply or rupture of a blood vessel causing leakage of blood into the brain.
All stroke care is provided from a specialist stroke and rehabilitation unit at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on Ward 6B.
It means stroke patients can be cared for from the early stage of their strokes all the way through to a substantial part of their rehabilitation and sometimes through to discharge.
Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Groups has responded to concerns from one county support group that lost its trained co-ordinator due to funding cuts.
Private physiotherapy appointments to improve recovery can cost hundreds of pounds each week. So recovery and support on the NHS is vital for many victims and their families.
Dr Helen Miller from the Gloucestershire CCG has admitted mistakes have been made, but insists a more joined up approach will ensure better care going forward.
“Part of that issue has come from changes to the system with Primary Care Trusts becoming CCGs.
“We in the health sector and social care need to work closer together and collaboratively with the voluntary sector to look at how we can all work together in a more efficient way.”
A stroke is damage to the brain caused by an interruption to it's blood supply or rupture of a blood vessel causing leakage of blood into the brain.
All stroke care is provided from a specialist stroke and rehabilitation unit at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on Ward 6B.
It means stroke patients can be cared for from the early stage of their strokes all the way through to a substantial part of their rehabilitation and sometimes through to discharge.
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