Newry City is the right place for a Hyperacute Stroke Unit and now is the time to get your views in writing to the ones who can make it happen – the Health and Social Care Board, because the Reshaping Stroke Services Pre-Consultation closes tomorrow -Fri 15 Sept 2017 at 5pm.

Please take 10minutes and use this opportunity to help Daisy Hill Acute Hospital and the largest locality in the Southern Trust -Newry & Mourne and South Armagh at long last to get the hospital services they deserve.

But the deadline is 15th Sept by 5pm – so maybe you may need some quick last minute ideas? If so, keep reading, as we have written a SUGGESTED ANSWER SHEET to view or download from this page, for anyone who wishes to use it. To get the sheet now please click on the link that follows > Reshaping Stroke Services Answers

Every person in the house can make the case for Daisy Hill Hospital- by sending views in by email or using the online questionnaire. The more the better to get the message through loud and clear to the HSCB that we wish to see stroke services in Daisy Hill enhanced and we certainly don’t agree with any plans to centralise Stroke Services away from Daisy Hill Acute Hospital to Craigavon.

You can influence this – if you take part.

The HSCB is inviting us all to tell them what we think about their proposals. You can get all consultation docs and questionnaire from http://www.hscboard.hscni.net/stroke/

Please write to them with your views but if you’re not sure what to write –or just need some quick inspiration, The Daisy Hill for Life team have prepared a short document with suggested  answers to the 7 questions.

Click on the blue link that follows to view or save it > Reshaping Stroke Services Answers

These answers have been researched and the full explanations are available to see on the Daisy Hill for Life facebook page too if you need to check the reasons why.

After reading the answers we have suggested, if you’re thinking the same way,  – you can copy and paste the answers into the online questionnaire at  www.hscboard.hscni.net/response-form-stroke along with your own comments and answers.

People can also download the Suggested Answers page and copy info from it onto the downloadable word version of the questionnaire you can get from this link then send as an attachment to ReshapingStroke@hscni.net

Before you submit your response – please read the annex of the Reshaping Stroke Services in NI -Pre-consultation Document (p51-52) regarding the confidentiality of responses in the context of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please remember to add your NAME and ADDRESS – or it will not count.

The last time to submit views is by 5pm on Friday 15th September

Thank you all for all your continuing support – we can do it!
As a community we are strong!

Background info:

“From the time the patient arrives at the door, every minute counts, and the only justifiable delay would be for performing brain imaging studies to exclude haemorrhage and for obtaining a few laboratory tests.- EVERY MINUTE MATTERS DURING A STROKE.”
‘Time is brain’ 13 Saver J L, 2006, ‘Time is Brain-Quantified’, Stroke (37), 263-266.

2019 IMPORTANT UPDATE!

For new information on the 2019 NI stroke Consultation document – please see the following post:

https://savedaisyhillhospital.com/2019/05/05/ni-stroke-consultation-2019-overview/

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