Feedback from Stroke Workship at Cleator Moor today

I attended the public session at Cleator Moor this afternoon about care for stroke patients in North, West and East Cumbria.

It was a very well attended meeting with more than a hundred people there, indeed it had to be moved from the medium-size room where Local Committee meets to the biggest meeting room in the building.

There were a lot of concerns expressed about transport issues involved in getting patients from West Cumbria to the proposed Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit in Carlisle as quickly as possible..

An assurance was given that the new system will not be implemented until hospital beds, staff, equipment and operating arrangements are all in place.

I hope we can make some progress on addressing some of the issues raised today before that point.