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Almost half of the hospitals have a shortage of specialist stroke consultants, a new set of numbers on it. Charity fears "thousands of lives" will be compromised if no action is taken, with others of the danger of a life-long disability.

In 2016, Alison Brown had what is believed to be at least a small stroke.

But non-specialized doctors, she said in various hospitals again and again, they had a serious health condition. You even described it as an ear infection.

"I told my father," If I don't Wake up, I love you", because I knew there was something wrong," she says of the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, left the hospital in a wheelchair.

Ten months later, at the age of 34, she had a bilateral artery Dissection is a Common Cause of stroke in Young People , in which a tear in a blood vessel caused by a blood clot, the blood supply to The Brain is obstructed.

It was caused by a rotation of the neck while warming up for a dance course.

she was admitted to the hospital - But , again, fought for a Diagnosis . A Junior doctor found a Problem with the blood flow to The Brain , But she says her comments have been dismissed, and was told it was a migraine.

It was only when she collapsed again, days later, and a hospital, admitted to a designated stroke ward, a team of specialists was able to give her the Care she needed.

Alison 's case highlights the importance of being seen by stroke specialists.

But , according to new figures from London's King's College 2018-19 Ssnap (Sentinel stroke National Audit programme) report, 48% of hospitals in England, Wales and Northern Ireland had at least one stroke consultant tender for the last 12 months or more.

This rose from 40% in 2016 and 26% in the Year 2014.

Separate research suggests that there is a similar outlook in Scotland.

The Stroke Association , the charity that the issue is addressed, analyzed the Data says the UK is "grid on his way to a major stroke crisis", though.

His head, Juliet Bouverie, is "deeply concerned about the rate at which highly qualified stroke doctors are leaving The Profession and the slow absorption of stroke drug by the doctors".

And called on the government and Nhs England to act on "now" and make a stroke-medicine is, the more attractive for young doctors to specialise, as well as the training and development of other stroke experts - such as specialized nurses and therapists.

Carole Pyke has already had two strokes and says she fought for the Care on both occasions.

In 2014, the signs of a stroke were misdiagnosed, as the symptoms of your autoimmune disease lupus, and she was placed on a General ward for Three Days before a MRI examination and the admission to a stroke unit.

Then, last Year , after a visit to the internist with a headache, it was said, to the hospital for a CT scan.

in Spite of your past medical records, she was placed on a General ward for 12 hours, before they are sent for professional Care .

she was finally discharged, But then, Two Weeks later, was back in The Accident and emergency room, with what a continuation was in her second stroke.

she says she spent 24 hours on a trolley in a corridor before they are sent to a special unit.

"To say the time I didn't know better," she said. "For the most, I was there, by himself, without any medical personnel. "

Carole remains positive in The Future . But in stroke Care , rapid Diagnosis is important, because "Time Is brain".

When patients can be seen quickly, they are also more likely to be eligible for "game-changing" thrombectomy procedures.

By the removal of a blood clot blood starvation to The Brain , The Treatment can help prevent permanent damage, the paralysis and speech disorders.

But there are also fears that such medical advances are going unused, despite as many as one in 10 stroke patients have a claim, if admitted to A& E.

Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, President of The British Association of Stroke Physicians, says a lack of specialists and equipment - prevents, that hospitals carrying out The Treatment .

the training of a paramedic is also important to ensure patients are transported to hospitals with specialized stroke services.

An NHS official said several people were "survive and thrive after a stroke".

The NHS was already on the search for "modernization of our stroke workforce for the long-term financing decisions for the training, which will be formed by the government later in the Year ," and more doctors, with the provision of thrombectomy procedures

The official also pointed out new ways of cooperation in London and Manchester, where the specialist Care was concentrated in hyper-acute stroke units - save", 170 extra-life" in the Year .

Alison says she is now managing better But will never be the same".

"If it had experienced a consultant on my visit to A& E, this could have been prevented," she says.

she continues to have blackouts, and says that when she was brought to the hospital, and recently, only once was there a specialist stroke consultant at the hand and The Situation is "getting worse".

"if I had a stroke, while in the case of those hospitals," she says, "I'll take Care of the maintenance, I would have received. "

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