IT IS no surprise that our wonderful John Radcliffe Hospital has been voted nationally as being among the top 10 hospitals for quality of treatment and care for stroke patients.

I write from personal experience as I suffered a major stroke along with double pneumonia, septicaemia, and a major heart defect.

I am lucky to have survived against all odds, which must be attributable to the nursing staff and the doctors in the stroke unit.

Paperwork and management do not cure serious illness, nursing care and ability are the main reasons for success.

Adrian Taylor Thames Court Eynsham