Concerns raised over stroke care

Stroke survivors are not making the best possible recovery because of a lack of post-hospital care, according to a new report.

More than a third of survivors (38 per cent) surveyed had not been assessed on their care needs to help their recovery, a study by the Stroke Association found.

More than half (53 per cent) of people who had suffered a stroke in the past three years had been assessed only once. About 150,000 people have a stroke in the UK every year.

Just under four out of ten (38 per cent) of those who had been assessed had been given a care plan outlining the services and treatments that would be put in place to help them get better, the study found.