Professor Sir Stephen Powis Visit
We were delighted to welcome Professor Sir Stephen Powis, NHS England National Medical Director, Dr David Hargroves (National Clinical Director for Stroke Medicine), Dr Nigel Acheson (Devon ICB Medical Director), Dr Michael Marsh and members of the South West Regional Medical Directorate to visit UHP today to look at the Stroke Care we provide for the people of Plymouth and the Peninsula in the first of a number of national visits.
Our Mechanical Thrombectomy service treats over 200 patients a year currently which is one of the most effective types of treatment for certain types of strokes. We hope to increase the level of service offered over the coming year across the peninsula to treat even more patients and it was a pleasure to present those plans today to show how UHP and peninsula colleagues continue to innovate to bring new and novel services to our patients.
Professor Powis said: “It was great to see the innovation and robust planning the peninsula and UHP teams have done to increase the availability of this service to more people across the peninsula.”
