NHS Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group is looking for views on the impact of changes to the provision of stroke services in the town which will involve transferring patients to Whiston.
The first phase of the change means that any patient who displays the signs and symptoms of a stroke, where the clinical assessment indicates they would benefit from Thrombolysis (clot busting medication) will be taken to Whiston Hospital for the acute clot busting treatment.
Thrombolysis needs to be given within four hours of stroke symptoms starting, so patients in this group will attend Whiston Hospital.
This process has been in place since June 2016, out of hours and at weekends. The recent change extends the service to 24/7, 365 days a year. These arrangements could significantly improve outcomes for stroke patients.
The second phase of the change includes the development of a specialist single hyper-acute unit. This specialist unit at Whiston Hospital will take all patients with the symptoms of a stroke for their acute care. Once the acute treatment has been completed, patients that require rehabilitation will be transferred back to Warrington Hospital.
Stroke specialists from both Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will be working collaboratively to provide this service.
NHS Warrington, NHS Halton and NHS St Helens Clinical Commissioning Groups are working together to engage on these changes and are asking for the views of members of the public about the impact the changes may have for you as a patient, relative or carer.
The engagement will run from Friday, June 16 to Friday September 15 2017
NHS Warrington CCG is collating the responses on behalf of all CCGs involved in the project. Local people can let us know their thoughts by:
• Emailing [email protected] or by ringing the Warrington CCG’s Communications and Engagement Team on 01925 843745
• Visit your local CCG website and read the frequently asked questions
• Attend the public engagement hosted jointly with the Stroke Association and NHS Warrington CCG:
Warrington – Thursday 6 July, 10am – 12pm, Orford Jubilee Neighbourhood Hub, Jubilee Way, Orford, WA2 8HE
Bookings can be made online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/let-us-know-your-views-on-changes-to-stroke-services-across-the-mid-mersey-warrington-halton-and-st-tickets-35045902237 or contact the Stroke Association on 0161 742 7468 or email [email protected]
• By completing the following survey www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BN67DZV
Dr Jaish Puri, local Warrington GP and Clinical Lead for Urgent Care at NHS Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group said: “We are committed to constantly reviewing the services we provide to ensure that, by working in partnership; patients receive the right care at the right time in the right place.
“The review of stroke services identified areas for improvement and making these changes will ensure the best possible outcome for patients.”
1 Comment
When every second counts, how can travelling a much longer distance possibly be said to “significantly improve outcomes for stroke patients”? and what about people with clots on the heart or lungs?
It takes long enough to get through the traffic to get to Warrington hospital.
This is just a sad attempt to justify cost cutting. Warrington should have it’s own specialist unit.
Warrington has expanded so much over the years yet we still have only one hospital, the nearby cities of Manchester and Liverpool have numerous, what a sad little no-where town we are compared to them.
Bid for city status? – what a joke!
As for further expansion – if there isn’t even a decent hospital who is going to want to move here?