{"id":16166,"date":"2023-05-16T14:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhs-icb.bisongrid.dev\/?p=16166"},"modified":"2023-05-16T14:42:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:42:58","slug":"major-changes-to-stroke-services-to-go-live-this-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/news\/major-changes-to-stroke-services-to-go-live-this-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ndryshime t\u00eb m\u00ebdha n\u00eb sh\u00ebrbimet p\u00ebr goditjet n\u00eb tru do t\u00eb hyjn\u00eb n\u00eb fuqi k\u00ebt\u00eb jav\u00eb."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"assembler_default-group assembler_module_group assembler_default-group_1 assembler_module_group_1\"><div class=\"assembler_module_area assembler_module_area_1\"><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_1 assembler_module_1  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-1\" id=\"module-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16166\/#module-1\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-1<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-12 sm:pt-24 pb-12 sm:pb-24\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h2><strong>Major changes to stroke services to go live this week<\/strong><\/h2>\n<time class=\"post_date_shortcode\">16 Maj 2023<\/time>\n<p>Stroke services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire will be transforming this week as part of an improvement plan that could save 15 lives each year, while providing improved quality of life for stroke survivors.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Chris Burton, Lead for the Stroke Improvement Programme, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cStroke is one of the biggest killers in the UK, with 1,500 people having a stroke in our area every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe changes being put in place gives everyone access to the very best medical care available, meaning more people across our area will be able to survive and thrive after suffering a stroke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn extensive amount of work has been undertaken to put these changes in place. I\u2019d like to thank everyone involved for their contribution in developing these life-changing services.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Claire Angell, a stroke survivor and lived experience representative for the Stroke Programme, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThrough my experience of stroke, and hearing from fellow stroke survivors, I know how access to the very best care can improve outcomes \u2013 not just from the best immediate treatment, but the best ongoing care too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe improvements being made across the whole stroke pathway will enable more people to survive stroke, while also enabling more people to live with less disability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really pleased to have been part of a group of stroke survivors who have played a significant part, alongside leading clinicians, in developing these services and improving outcomes for local people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Changes to services will be fully complete on 17 May, including improvements to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emergency stroke care, with the establishment of a single \u2018<strong>Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit<\/strong>\u2019 at Southmead Hospital, providing 24\/7 emergency treatment for everyone in the area. Research shows that more people survive stroke when specialised services are located in one place.<\/li>\n<li>Ongoing hospital treatment, with the establishment of an \u2018<strong>Acute Stroke Unit<\/strong>\u2019 at Southmead Hospital. More people will receive their ongoing care in a dedicated unit, where staff are specialists in stroke care. The unit will be located next to the \u2018Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit\u2019, significantly reducing transfers of care (where people are transferred from one ward or hospital setting to another) and improving patient experience. A specialist stroke workforce will be retained at the Bristol Royal Infirmary to support people with specialist needs who cannot be transferred to the Southmead Hospital units.<\/li>\n<li>Inpatient rehabilitation, through the establishment of two \u2018<strong>Stroke Sub-Acute Rehabilitation Units<\/strong>\u2019. Both units are in place and bring a range of specialist services and therapies together to improve inpatient rehabilitation support for people who have recovered from their stroke, but aren\u2019t quite well enough to go home. One unit is located at the Weston General Hospital site and a second unit is located at South Bristol Community Hospital.<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced community rehabilitation, through a comprehensive <strong>Integrated Community Stroke Service<\/strong>. This service is already in place, providing improved support in people\u2019s homes and includes Life After Stroke services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The changes mean that the vast majority of people suspected of having a stroke in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire will be taken to Southmead Hospital\u2019s Hyper Acute Stroke Unit for emergency treatment. People suspected of having a stroke in the Burnham-On-Sea area, will be taken to Musgrove Park Hospital\u2019s Hyper Acute Stroke Unit.<\/p>\n<p>While all services will be in place from Wednesday 17 May, ambulances will stop taking suspected stroke patients to Weston General Hospital and Bristol Royal Infirmary from 5pm on Tuesday 16 May. After this time, people will be taken to the Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit at Southmead Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The consultation on proposals for stroke services ran from 7 June to 3 September 2021. 1,833 responses were received representing more than 2,200 people across over 40 engagement events and outreach meetings.<\/p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/stroke-improvement-programme\/\"  target=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/stroke-improvement-programme\/\" class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \">Find out more information on the Stroke Improvement Programme<\/a>\n\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_1.assembler_module_1..transparent --><\/div><!-- .assembler_module_area.assembler_module_area_1 --><\/div><!-- .assembler_default-group.assembler_module_group.assembler_default-group_1.assembler_module_group_1  -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stroke services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire will be transforming this week (17 May) as part of an improvement plan that could save 15 lives each year, while providing improved quality of life for stroke survivors.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}