Joyce is campaigning for better stroke care in Wales. She has highlighted the "postcode lottery" in the provision of community stroke services run by the Stroke Association. The association's two services - Communication Support, which helps stroke survivors regain their speech, plus Family and Carer Support, which provides practical help and emotional support are recommended by medical bodies. Carmarthenshire and Gwynedd have both services but Ceredigion and Powys had neither. Pembrokeshire just has the Communication Support Service. Following Joyce's campaign, Powys Local Health Board agreed to fund the Family and Carer Support service for 2009/2010
Media
- Free Blood Pressure Checks (03/08/09)
- Joyce Watson AM getting blood pressure tested (30/07/09)
- Stroke group given last minute-reprieve (19/06/09)
- End the Postcode Lottery of Stroke Service, says AM (22/05/09)
- Powys to get Stroke Service - 18/03/09
- BBC News Article - 'Appalling' gap in stroke service - 26/10/08
- The Politics Show - Stroke Services - 31/10/08
- Campaign for Support Services for Stroke Survivors - 09/10/08
- Joyce backs Stroke Awareness Day - 12/05/08
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