Gran has had a stroke, hospital won't do a scan, what now?

[ChopsTheDuck]

She had a stroke fri night, went into hospital saturday morning and has been getting increasingly confused since. She is 75, usually very with it, and excellent mobility.

The hospital didnt get a consultant to see her until today and they wont do a scan - they are saying there is no point. We're worried because she is increasingly confused.

COuld we get a private scan? How would we go about it?

When my mum had a stroke they did a scan a few days afterwards to see if it was a clot or a bleed and the extent of the stroke. As it was a clot in her case she now has treatment to thin her blood { warfarin } and help prevent another stroke. If it had been a bleed then blood thinning treatment would be dangerous.