I am now nearly 6 months post stroke and was referred for an assessment after 13 weeks.
I was initially told by the assessment centre that it should be in the middle of September. By mid August I hadn’t even received an acknowledgement of the form I returned, so I rang. I was told they only come back when they have an appointment, but the persdon answering the phone told me they would email the examiner to try and get me an appointment.
Today I rang to ask what had happened with my referal. This time they just looked in the diary, found the next appointment (9 October) and asked if that was ok.
I accepted the date and time straight away. So it seems it is worth ringing up regularaly!
Hello @DaveB44. Good luck with this.
I also followed a similar channel- in fact I was never referred, but advised I could self refer by a rehabilitation team. I contacted them and was offered a cancellation. Was very quick and little time for me to overthink it. This was at Walkergate neuro hospital in Newcastle.
You need to have your licence, but I had not surrendered mine and as was not attempting to drive and had no vehicle.
Worth letting people know it is possible to take matters into one’s own hands so to speak.
Hope it goes well, Julia
