It is atrocious that the major hospital for a large geographic area is unable to provide thrombectomy services. If you have an occlusive heart attack, and arrive in the correct time frame, you can receive a percutaneous coronary intervention 24/7. Why isn’t the equivalent procedure for the brain provided?
Stroke treatment must be available 24×7 as strokes don’t just happen in office hours, this procedure can save all the rehab costs plus all the support needed before you consider the quality of life value
That’s heartbreaking to read. Strokes don’t keep business hours, so it’s ridiculous that treatment basically depends on the clock. The NHS is full of brilliant staff, but the system is stretched to breaking point. Imagine losing your chance at recovery just because it’s after 9pm, that’s not how healthcare should work.
This is a more complex topic than it seems. The number of patients with a stroke who would benefit from thrombectomy is very low. Therefore, it’s difficult to keep a 24 h service as well as skill level up in all regions of Scotland. Even more population dense regions struggle.
We would be more successful if we were to use the same money to do smoking cessation, blood pressure, sleep medicine, and lipid control.
Devolution, we were all told, would improve health, education and public services. We never had any of these problems before, ambulances lined up outside hospitals, world leading education etc etc, its all shite now. We have the highest tax burden since 1948 and the country is all but bankrupt.
Poor guy…that is heartbreaking to read
Who’s surprised, if you’d had any dealings with the Scottish NHS infrastructure [ Not the Staff } over the last few years you’d know this is commonplace.
I am so afraid of having any kind of non-standard medical emergency here, honestly. I know we’re meant to be grateful for whatever we get from the NHS, but like…why is it such a bad thing to expect more?
I had a stroke earlier this year. I arrived at A&E just after 9pm and sat in a wheelchair in the corridor until a bed was available at 6am. I first saw a doctor at 7am. This was in a hospital near Glasgow.
Luckily I got away with very minor brain damage that has not affected my day-to-day functioning.
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It is atrocious that the major hospital for a large geographic area is unable to provide thrombectomy services. If you have an occlusive heart attack, and arrive in the correct time frame, you can receive a percutaneous coronary intervention 24/7. Why isn’t the equivalent procedure for the brain provided?
Stroke treatment must be available 24×7 as strokes don’t just happen in office hours, this procedure can save all the rehab costs plus all the support needed before you consider the quality of life value
That’s heartbreaking to read. Strokes don’t keep business hours, so it’s ridiculous that treatment basically depends on the clock. The NHS is full of brilliant staff, but the system is stretched to breaking point. Imagine losing your chance at recovery just because it’s after 9pm, that’s not how healthcare should work.
This is a more complex topic than it seems. The number of patients with a stroke who would benefit from thrombectomy is very low. Therefore, it’s difficult to keep a 24 h service as well as skill level up in all regions of Scotland. Even more population dense regions struggle.
We would be more successful if we were to use the same money to do smoking cessation, blood pressure, sleep medicine, and lipid control.
Devolution, we were all told, would improve health, education and public services. We never had any of these problems before, ambulances lined up outside hospitals, world leading education etc etc, its all shite now. We have the highest tax burden since 1948 and the country is all but bankrupt.
Poor guy…that is heartbreaking to read
Who’s surprised, if you’d had any dealings with the Scottish NHS infrastructure [ Not the Staff } over the last few years you’d know this is commonplace.
I am so afraid of having any kind of non-standard medical emergency here, honestly. I know we’re meant to be grateful for whatever we get from the NHS, but like…why is it such a bad thing to expect more?
I had a stroke earlier this year. I arrived at A&E just after 9pm and sat in a wheelchair in the corridor until a bed was available at 6am. I first saw a doctor at 7am. This was in a hospital near Glasgow.
Luckily I got away with very minor brain damage that has not affected my day-to-day functioning.
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