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600 sign petition to save Stafford stroke unit

More than 600 people have now signed a petition calling for the stroke unit at Stafford's County Hospital to be saved.

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The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is considering closing the unit which caters for up to 18 patients at a time.

It would mean patients needing life-saving treatment would have to travel further.

The petition was started two weeks ago.

The stroke ward, which costs in the region of £1.5million a year to run, can handle patients in the first instance after a stroke but it mainly handles them in the rehabilitation phase.

The neurology and acute stroke team at Royal Stoke is also being reviewed by bosses.

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