Developing stroke services in Coventry and Warwickshire
Published: 19 December 2019
| Date | Time | Venue |
| Monday 6 January 2020 | 10am-12noon | Townsend Hall, 52 Sheep Street, Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 4AE |
| Monday 6 January 2020 | 3pm-5pm | Benn Partnership Trust, Railway Terrace, Rugby, CV21 3HR |
| Monday 6 January 2020 | 6pm-8pm | Benn Partnership Trust, Railway Terrace, Rugby, CV21 3HR |
| Wednesday 8 January 2020 | 10am-12noon | The SYDNI Centre, Cottage Square, Leamington Spa,
CV31 1PT |
| Thursday 9 January 2020 | 6pm-8pm | Foundation House, Masons Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9NF |
| Monday 13 January 2020 | 10am-12 noon | Chess Centre, 460 Cedar Road, Nuneaton, CV10 9DN |
| Tuesday 14 January 2020 | 6pm-8pm | Atherstone Memorial Hall, Long Street, Atherstone, CV9 1AX |
| Monday 20 January 2020 | 3pm-5pm | Queens Road Baptist Church, Queens Road, Coventry, CV1 3EG |
| Monday 20 January 2020 | 6pm-8pm | Queens Road Baptist Church, Queens Road, Coventry, CV1 3EG |
These events form part of the consultation which runs until 2 February 2020 and all the feedback given will be reviewed and considered before a decision is made.
If you would like to attend one of these events, please register your interest here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/stroke2019events
Please note that these are drop-in sessions and you can come along at any time between the times given.
If you can’t come to one of our events you can find out more about the consultation and can let us know your views online. For more information including an electronic copy of our consultation document and to complete the online survey, please go to: www.strokecovwarks.nhs.uk
Consultation background
Over the past few years, the clinical commissioning groups in Coventry and Warwickshire have undertaken an extensive review of stroke services in our area, including rehabilitation services and stroke prevention, in order to determine where we can make the biggest difference to the health outcomes of stroke patients.
Current stroke services in Coventry and Warwickshire are providing a good standard of care but they are not meeting the latest national and regional guidance and evidence. There are also different services available in different areas and we want to address this through our proposed improvements.
We know we need to change services and invest in specialist rehabilitation, ambulance transfers and medicines to ensure real improvements in health outcomes for local people. We feel that is important to make this investment in order to reduce the chances of people having a stroke and the disability resulting from a stroke.
Local clinicians, patients, carers, community groups and our dedicated Stroke Patient and Public Advisory Group have helped us to develop a proposed new clinical model for stroke services:
Acute stroke services
All acute stroke services would be located at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW), with stroke rehabilitation provided closer to people’s homes. All patients would be diagnosed and treated at UHCW until they are ready for rehabilitation closer to home, either in a bedded rehabilitation unit or in their own home with clinical support. The acute stroke units at Warwick Hospital and the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton would no longer operate as all patients would be treated in one specialist centre.
Rehabilitation stroke services
There would be an Early Supported Discharge service and community stroke rehabilitation in all areas of Coventry and Warwickshire. Patients who need rehabilitation in hospital would receive the care and treatment they need at Leamington Spa Hospital or the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton.
Next steps
The consultation on the proposed new model runs until 2 February 2020 and we want to hear your views. For more information including an electronic copy of our consultation document and to complete the online survey, please go to: www.strokecovwarks.nhs.uk
If you have any questions or you’d like a printed copy of our consultation document, call 0121 611 0611 or email agem.communications@nhs.net
Kind regards
Communications Team
On behalf of Warwickshire North CCG, South Warwickshire CCG and Coventry and Rugby CCG