F1 Presenter Opens Frimley Park Hospital’s New Stroke Rehabilitation Unit

We were so thrilled to welcome BBC F1 presenter Jennie Gow, to Frimley Park Hospital last week to officially open the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit.

The unit is the result of the charity’s Stroke Appeal, which raised over £600,000 of the £1million build.

The Trust and the charity discussed what was required from the build, and it was decided that the extension and redesign would be accessible from the stroke unit and would provide dedicated rooms for speech therapy, psychological assessments, a quiet area, and a new garden for patients. 

Andrew House, charity director, says, “We are thrilled to have opened the new rehab unit for the stroke unit at Frimley Park Hospital. This incredible build is all thanks to our donors, who made it possible, and we were so happy to see so many attend the event and see the new build.” 

Jennie Gow was just 45 when she had a stroke in December 2022, caused by a blood clot which damaged the part of her brain associated with speech. She was brought to Frimley Park Hospital by ambulance and later transferred to St George’s Hospital in Tooting for emergency treatment. Speaking at the event, Jennie said: “I’m delighted to open this new rehab unit and garden which will provide a valuable and peaceful space for patients and their families and friends. The stroke unit played a massive part for me in setting the foundations to have a good recovery.