Notice that they focus on meaningless and unverifiable items. RESULTS are what you want to know about. DEMAND THAT!
30 day deaths.
tPA full efficacy.
100% recovery.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/local-news/leading-the-way-in-care-11287526
Each year Arrowe Park Hospital admits around 700 people with a stroke.
It
is the top performing acute trust in the Cheshire and Merseyside region
for the number of patients admitted to its stroke unit within four
hours, performing better than the national average.
The work of
the Wirral Stroke Service at the Trust is being highlighted as part of
Make May Purple, the Stroke Association’s annual stroke awareness month
in May.
Dr Ruth Davies, clinical service lead for stroke, said:
“Our Wirral Stroke Service has been rated amongst the best in the North
West due to the consistently high level of care it delivers.
“Our
staff work incredibly hard to deliver excellent hospital care and offer
fantastic stroke rehabilitation therapy in the community.”
Wirral
Stroke Service offers a 24/7 consultant-delivered service and by
providing specialist treatment to unblock blood clots within four and a
half hours, it is able to give patients a greater chance of survival to
help reduce disability.
Around 65% of its patients receive a
brain scan within an hour and nationally only 35% of hospitals achieve
this target, making Wirral one of the top performers.
It has a
multi-disciplinary team of stroke skilled nursing staff,
physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language
therapists.
The service is more than helping patients to survive
but is also about improving patients’ quality of life through
rehabilitation, which can in some cases result in a full recovery. (Why not all cases?)
As
part of Make May Purple, a number of events are planned for the month
to offer visitors, patients and staff advice around raising stroke
awareness. These will be purple themed and will be based around
education, lifestyle, smoking cessation and blood pressure checks.
Stroke
is responsible for more than five million deaths worldwide every year.
However, many strokes could be prevented by making healthy lifestyle
changes.
Dr Davies added: “A stroke can be an extremely disabling
event not only for the individual but also for their family and
friends. We want to raise awareness that stroke can not only be
prevented, but stroke survivors can fully recover and regain their
quality of life with the appropriate long-term care and support.”
For more information visit www.stroke.org.uk or follow #MakeMayPurple and #StrokeMonth on social media.
To find out more about the Wirral Stroke Service please search ‘Stroke Services’ at wuth.nhs.uk.
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