A BARNSLEY nurse says more explanation is needed about how patients would be treated in the first hour after suffering a stroke if the specialist unit at Barnsley Hospital closes.
Andrew Bogg has been a nurse in Barnsley for 16 years.
He was dismayed to learn the specialist unit which deals with patients in the crucial first few hours after having a stroke is facing closure and has started a petition which now has almost 3,000 signatures.
Hyper acute stroke units - which provide the first 72 hours of critical care - are being reviewed across South Yorkshire by Commissioners Working Together, a group of eight NHS clinical commissioning groups and NHS England.
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