RUH staff praised for stroke work

2:40pm Monday 8th October 2012 in Latest News

Staff at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, have been praised for their work researching the causes and treatments of stroke.

The hospital’s stroke research team has been highly commended in the team of the year category of the National Institute for Health Research’s awards in recognition of their success in embedding research culture into day to day clinical care.

All patients admitted to the acute stroke unit are screened for their suitability for inclusion in studies and more than 180 patients have been recruited to clinical trials since the team was set up in 2006.

Consultant stroke physician Dr Louise Shaw said: “Research is very important in improving patient care by finding out which treatments work best and we are delighted that our work in this area has been recognised.”

*New parking fees at the RUH have been introduced. The first 20 minutes remains free while two hours’ parking increases from £2.60 to £3. Charges had remained unchanged for five years.

Comments(1)

redrum says...
6:07am Tue 9 Oct 12

I too found these doctors wonderful, after finding myself taken in at 40 with stroke symptoms etc having to spend a couple of nights on this ward. One grumble i have. Most of the patients in that ward were 70 plus, no problem, however the times i witnessed people who couldnt feed themself left with a plate of food they could not reach- 10 minutes later carers came taking it away. One lady was left crying on a bedpan for ages and she waited 25 minutes for an auxillary who had a couldnt be bothered attitude. People with drinks left they could not reach, often crying for a drink. I am a care worker and was appauled, no wonder these poor people are dehydrated and confused. Why do people do the job when they dont like it. Yes i have written and done something about it becasue that could of been my parent in there with treatment like that. The doctors and nurses were great but sadly the so called carers, it was apparent there were very few that actually cared. There was no shortage of the auxilleries either, many were gossiping to each other further down answereing bells whenn they wanted to. Bring back the old fashioned matrons for wards with high care standards. Why do the elderly always get the short straw on care needs?

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