Phil Woodford suffered a major stroke but because it happened at a weekend he couldn't have a 'gold standard' procedure'
A 53-year-old forced to retire after suffering a stroke has said he still counts himself as fortunate not to have fallen victim to an NHS postcode lottery.
Since October 2021, NHS England has commissioned Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, along with the trusts who run hospitals in Salford and Walton, to provide a thrombectomy service seven days a week. But due to recruitment and theatre availability those living in Lancashire and South Cumbria have been unable to have the procedure at weekends.
The weekend service has now been completely suspended with hospital bosses keen to only introduce it if it can be consistent. Staff recruitment is underway and a second angiogram theatre is currently under construction at Preston. Edna Moss died at Rivington Park Nursing Home in Chorley in February 2023. The 79-year-old had previously been admitted to hospital with a stroke but a thrombectomy couldn't be carried out within the ideal timeframe because it was a weekend.
"The probability is that my recovery would have been a lot quicker and easier in terms of life-long disability," Phil, from near Preston, said. "A thrombectomy would result in 350 people a year not suffering life-long disabilities."
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