Dedicated Rehabilitation Facilities for Stroke Patients at City Hospital

While this is great, it just proves that the stroke world is a complete failure. We wouldn't need such facilities if we had something better than tPA which only completely works 12% of the time. And if we solved the neuronal cascade of death by these 5 causes in the first week and prevented that damage that there would be much less dead and damaged neurons.
Or you could make neurogenesisis and neuroplasticity truly repeatable on demand. Choose any one of these, they are all extremely difficult to solve. But that is what leaders do, they solve the difficult problems. I bet you aren't a leader because you are just going to stay with the fucking failures of the status quo. 

Dedicated Rehabilitation Facilities for Stroke Patients at City Hospital

Stroke patients across Nottinghamshire are benefitting from a new dedicated rehabilitation unit at one of the region’s largest hospitals.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is one of the first hospitals in the country to provide separate rehabilitation services for stroke patients alongside acute care in the same setting.
Beeston Ward, a former stroke ward at Nottingham City Hospital, has been converted into a specialist rehabilitation unit, complete with a gym, kitchen and space for group exercise classes.

Patients who are suspected of suffering a stroke are taken by ambulance to Nottingham City Hospital where they are immediately assessed and treated by a specialist team on the hyper-acute ward – Berman 1 Stroke Unit. They are then transferred to one of two stroke wards for ongoing treatment and rehabilitation.

Rachel Tomasevic, Project Lead and Physiotherapist at NUH, said: “Patients used to only undergo their rehabilitation on the stroke wards. This meant that they spent a long time on the ward at what is a very emotional and challenging time.
“Creating a space away from the ward for patients to undergo rehabilitation, in addition to the ward environment, will improve their motivation to maximise functional outcomes. It also creates opportunities to interact with other patients and hospital staff through breakfast clubs and group exercise classes to give them a better inpatient experience.”

Ian Astle from Chilwell was one of the first patients to use the new rehabilitation unit. The 80-year-old former Health and Safety Consultant woke up one morning to realise he had suffered a stroke in the night. His wife called an ambulance and Ian was rushed to Nottingham City Hospital where he underwent lifesaving treatment before moving to a stroke ward (Newell Ward).
He said: “The care I have received has been excellent and the staff can’t do enough for you, but I am in a room on the ward by myself. While it is nice to have the privacy it means that you see less people and don’t get to interact with other patients.

Being able to get away from the ward and meet other people while continuing my recovery is just great. I can’t wait to get home and back on the golf course.

The unit is also home to the Stroke Outreach Team, who supports patients in their own homes following discharge, as well as the Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) clinic. A TIA is caused by a temporary fall in the blood and oxygen supply to part of the brain and causes symptoms that are similar to a stroke, but do not last as long. Patients are seen after their TIA and the clinic supports and empowers patients to make positive lifestyle choices following the diagnosis of a TIA.

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Stroke survivor and campaigner Dr Ossie Newell MBE officially opened the new unit alongside Caroline Shaw, NUH Chief Operating Officer. He said: “I have long been a fighter for the provision of better rehabilitation service availability for stroke survivors in order to assist in their recovery.