700 sign petition to save stroke unit at Stafford's County Hospital
A petition which is calling for the stroke unit at Stafford's County Hospital to be saved has now been signed by more than 700 people.
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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 in need of life-saving treatment having to travel further.
The petition was started one month ago addressed to Jeremy Lefroy MP.
The stroke ward, which costs in the region of £1.5 million 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.
