Amputees and stroke survivors are being 'imprisoned at home' due to lack of physiotherapy

Amputees and stroke survivors are being 'imprisoned at home' due to lack of physiotherapy Patients are being left with increasing levels of disability and depression because of a lack of NHS rehabilitation services, physiotherapists have warned.

Amputees are among those left waiting months for care, with some people treated in cupboards and corridors due to a shortage of proper rooms, it is claimed.

Meanwhile, stroke survivors are left 'imprisoned at home with a bed and a commode' while they wait to be seen, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy added. The Daily Mail