So you want us to expand use of failing rehabilitation interventions? Only 10% get to full recovery. What the hell are you going to do about that?
Stroke statistics make case for rehab ‘ever more urgent’, says CSP
The NHS Act FAST campaign used Public Health
England data to highlight that the numbers dropped from 71 to 68 for
men, and 75 to 73 for women between 2007 and 2016.
Responding to the figures, Prof Karen Middleton, chief executive of the CSP, said:
‘More lives than ever are being saved, which is very welcome news, but it is critical that we do not then waste those lives after stroke.
‘Two-thirds of people leave hospital with a disability and 45% of people who leave hospital after having had a stroke feel abandoned when they cannot access high quality rehabilitation services.
‘We must do more for those people to ensure no-one misses out, and with the average age of stroke survivors falling, the case is ever more urgent.
‘We cannot have people losing 20 years or more of their working lives for entirely avoidable reasons.
‘Rehabilitation gives people back their independence and helps them get back into work and it must be available to all who need it.’
Nottingham physiotherapist and stroke survivor, Rob Goodwin, was featured in coverage of the statistics by the BBC.
Read the story on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42871861
Get involved in the #RehabMatters campaign: http://www.csp.org.uk/press-policy/policy/rehab-matters
Responding to the figures, Prof Karen Middleton, chief executive of the CSP, said:
‘More lives than ever are being saved, which is very welcome news, but it is critical that we do not then waste those lives after stroke.
‘Two-thirds of people leave hospital with a disability and 45% of people who leave hospital after having had a stroke feel abandoned when they cannot access high quality rehabilitation services.
‘We must do more for those people to ensure no-one misses out, and with the average age of stroke survivors falling, the case is ever more urgent.
‘We cannot have people losing 20 years or more of their working lives for entirely avoidable reasons.
‘Rehabilitation gives people back their independence and helps them get back into work and it must be available to all who need it.’
Nottingham physiotherapist and stroke survivor, Rob Goodwin, was featured in coverage of the statistics by the BBC.
Read the story on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42871861
Get involved in the #RehabMatters campaign: http://www.csp.org.uk/press-policy/policy/rehab-matters
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