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Patients are failing to recover properly from a stroke or heart attack because the NHS offers too little rehabilitation for people discharged from hospitals, a report has warned.
“Patchy provision” means those with arthritis, multiple sclerosis and other long-term conditions also miss out on care that can make a huge difference to their health and quality of life, according to the report from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP), Royal College of Occupational Therapists and the charity Sue Ryder.
The report detailed a “postcode lottery” in the availability of community rehabilitation in England, which is having “devastating consequences” for patients who have just been treated in hospital or have recently been diagnosed with a serious illness, including cancer.
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“Patchy provision” means those with arthritis, multiple sclerosis and other long-term conditions also miss out on care that can make a huge difference to their health and quality of life, according to the report from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP), Royal College of Occupational Therapists and the charity Sue Ryder.
The report detailed a “postcode lottery” in the availability of community rehabilitation in England, which is having “devastating consequences” for patients who have just been treated in hospital or have recently been diagnosed with a serious illness, including cancer.
NHS failing stroke patients with 'postcode lottery rehabilitation'
Report warns provisions have ‘devastating consequences’ for patients in England
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