A STUDY has ranked Kirklees as worse than most other areas for compassionate end of life care for people who have died after suffering strokes.
In today’s Care Quality Commissions (CQC) report on care after stroke, Kirklees also received the lowest rating for providing extra support for sufferers to help victims get home as soon as possible.
There was good news however when it came to patient choice, including access to advice and training. It also received an above average rating for the way it involved stroke survivors and their carers in planning.
Nationally the figures suggested that stroke survivors received patchy support, with some trusts providing more information packs and better care after so-called “mini-stroke”.
Julia MacLeod, head of operations for The Stroke Association in Yorkshire and The Humber, said: “This important report from the CQC has put five out of the twelve Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in Yorkshire and The Humber in the top quarter for stroke care across the UK, with only one PCT (Calderdale) appearing in the bottom quarter.”
Barnsley scored highest in Yorkshire and The Humber and fourth highest across the UK – scoring maximum ratings in six of the fifteen indicators measured.
