Friday, June 28, 2013

James Paget University Hospital wins high praise for stroke rehabilitation work

But they don't give any details about recovery percentages. How many fully recovered?
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/health/james_paget_university_hospital_wins_high_praise_for_stroke_rehabilitation_work_1_2256234
The Early Supported Discharge (ESD) team - including stroke physician Dr Hilary Wyllie and stroke therapy team leader Evie Cooper, pictured - won the East of England Stroke Forum Conference award for their poster presentation explaining how the ESD had improved patient recovery times and benefited the Gorleston hospital over the past 18 months.
While not suitable for everyone, ESD helps patients receive rehabilitation at home as an alternative to staying in hospital.
Around 50 per cent of stroke JPH patients currently benefit from ESD which started at the hospital in May 2011. Patient feedback was impressive; JPH said 100pc of its ESD patients were ‘very satisfied’, 100pc would recommend it to other patients, and nine out of ten patients (89pc) were satisfied with the level of therapy they received.
Since ESD was introduced, recovery times has improved and the average length of stay has dropped from 17.3 days before May 2011 to the current time of 13.7 days.
Lead stroke physician Dr Hilary Wyllie said: “We are delighted to have won the regional award. It’s a credit to all the staff involved that Early Supported Discharge has worked even better than we thought it would for our stroke patients. A lower length of stay has benefits for the hospital but the most important thing is that patients get home more quickly, they get better rehabilitation and we can see from the patient feedback that their satisfaction is very high.”

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