Big f*cking whoopee.
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Patients past and present enjoyed a tea party to celebrate Newton Abbot Hospital's
10th birthday of supporting stroke patients.Since it opened in 2005, Teign Ward has helped more than 2,600 local people to recover and rehabilitate following a stroke.
The ward is dedicated to rehabilitation and provides vital treatment and care to patients
following the life-changing effects of a stroke.Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust, which runs Newton Abbot Community Hospital, held a tea party for patients, staff and volunteers to celebrate the ward's success.
Patients requiring specialist inpatient rehabilitation are admitted to Teign Ward where a specialist team cares for and supports them, seven days a week.
The team includes physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, volunteers from the hospital's league of friends and Pets as Therapy, stroke specialists, plus speech and language therapists.
Teign ward has also recently received 'A' grades for the quality of care provided to patients in the latest Stroke Audit data - one of only 11 units in the country to achieve this grade.
The National Stroke Audit (SSNAP) data showed how improvement has continued in both the frequency and intensity of physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy given to people with stroke on Teign Ward.
In a statement the trust said: "These findings are very important as there is a direct link between the success of a patient's
rehabilitation and the amount of therapy received."
Promoted by vividseats.com "Along with the creation of Teign Ward to provide intensive, specialist rehabilitation, specialist community services
were developed to offer early supported discharge so that people with
stroke could receive intensive input at home rather than remaining in
hospital."Prior to the creation of the purpose-built unit, patients would often have long stays in either a community hospital or Torbay Hospital with little access to specialist stroke care.
"Patients now have much quicker access to specialist stroke services and we also have a much wider range of services on offer. In addition, we have a team of volunteers who visit Teign Ward to provide peer support
and recreational activities such as Pets As Therapy."Gerald Phillips, who cares for his wife Debbie - a former patient on Teign Ward, said: "My wife, Debbie, has had several strokes so we're frequent users of the stroke services. All of the associated services have given us fantastic advice and support along the way and we're very grateful to all the staff as they are all so professional and so caring.
"Each and every person has their own forte and they're a very tight team. We really can't sing their praises high enough, the people are second to none.
"Debbie has used pet therapy and this helped a lot. I felt confident when my wife was in Teign Ward - that everything that could be done, was done, and more.The after care services are all excellent too with providing us with support at home."
Other notable achievements of Teign Ward include:
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