Becky Cutlan-Wilson is set to enjoy the Christmas her family were told she wouldn’t see after she suffered a brain haemorhage.

The 42-year-old collapsed at her home in Polebarn Road, Trowbridge, in May. Doctors told husband Craig she had suffered a major bleed to the brain andwas unlikely to survive.

Even after an operation at Frenchay Hospital near Bristol she suffered several strokes. But when she was moved to the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit she began a remarkable recovery.

Mrs Cutlan-Wilson continued to improve and can now talk and feed herself but because of a change in government guidelines her care in Bristol is due to end on Christmas Day – although she will not be moved until early in the New Year.

Husband Craig said: “I’m delighted she is even here as the prognosis was not good.

“It will be wonderful to spend Christmas Day with her, especially when you think that she couldn’t even speak for over two months.  

"For the first month her doctors were basically saying that she wouldn’t make it and then she started to show improvement. She is now in a phenomenal position and has made incredible progress.”

But he fears her improvement will be affected by the move to one of two suggested units in either Gloucester or Salisbury, neither of which he thinks are suitable.

Mr Cutlan-Wilson, 43, who is a self-employed builder, said: “It is important that she gets the right care as we don’t want all that work to go to waste. What worries me is that the places being suggested are talking about what Becky is entitled to, rather than what she needs. 

“The Wiltshire CCG has suggested to me that they can’t send her too far away as they wouldn’t be able to go there and carry out reviews, but my only concern is what is best for Becky.

“She needs more physiotherapy not less and it seems like they are putting her progress at risk and keeping her local because it is more convenient for them.”

Mr Cutlan-Wilson has contacted MP for South West Wiltshire Andrew Murrison.

Friend and Wiltshire Times columnist Dr Stuart Farrimond agrees Wiltshire CCG should do more.

He said: “It’s an incredible recovery she has made and Wiltshire CCG should be making sure she gets the care she desperately needs.”

A Wiltshire CCG spokesman said: “Firstly, we hope the patient is continuing to make a good recovery.

“Both treatment centres identified by the CCG are facilities specialising in neurological rehabilitation and each has indicated they are able to meet the patient’s needs as prescribed by the medical team responsible for her ongoing care.

“Our ethos is to provide ongoing treatment as close to a patient’s home as possible as this is invariably in the best interests of the patient and their family.”