Our Stroke Service looks after patients who have had a stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) to offer the best possible clinical care for all phases of the stroke pathway. Our Stroke Unit at Darent Valley Hospital offers 24-hour 7-days a week care to provide rapid assessments in the first few hours after stroke to assist early stage treatment of stroke.

All stroke patients are under the care of a multidisciplinary team to facilitate the effective recovery from their stroke. This team is made up of consultant stroke physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists to assist the patient with feeding, communication and other aspects of rehabilitation. The team also work closely with the Trust's consultant neurologists and vascular surgeons.

Our expanded Stroke Unit, catering for 400,000 people living in Dartford and Gravesham and S E London, needs all the help it can muster. The monies raised will help to purchase much needed monitoring and other equipment to provide exemplary care.

Your support will help us enhance the patient care and assist the clinical staff in treating our Stroke patients to deliver the best outcomes.

Suspect a Stroke ?

The F.A.S.T. (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) acronym is a simple test to help people identify the most common signs of a stroke, and emphasises the importance of acting quickly by calling 999

Face has their face fallen on one side? Can they smile?

Arms can they raise both arms and keep them there?

Speech is their speech slurred?

Time to call 999