‘I was left to crawl up the stairs’: NHS stroke service staffing crisis ‘leaving people with lifelong disabilities’
- Posted on April 2, 2026
- By The Independent
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‘I was left to crawl up the stairs’: NHS stroke service staffing crisis ‘leaving people with lifelong disabilities’
Exclusive: A national audit of stroke services revealed that no NHS service has enough staff in its rehabilitation team, with a top doctor warning patients are being left with avoidable lifelong disabilities as stretched teams struggle to provide the hospital care they need. Rebecca Thomas reports
