A GRANDMOTHER who was seriously injured in a horrific scooter crash says she has not had enough help since being allowed home from hospital.

Seb Dayus has to be lifted in and out of a small bath by husband Swifty Deignan at their flat in Langdale Drive, Warn-don, Worcester.

Since she was discharged from Evesham Community Hospital on April 14 they have made repeated requests for a wet room so that she can wash.

The 43-year-old spent 11 days in intensive care and three weeks in a coma at Worcestershire Royal Hospital after her scooter was in collision with a car as she rode home from work at the YMCA at 5pm on January 6.

She suffered a broken left leg which has been fitted with metal plates and needed 64 staples.

The grandmother also received extensive bruising to her chest, injuries to her lungs and kidneys, a 10cm gash in her right leg, a brain haemorrhage and a stroke which left her with weakness down her right side.

Mrs Dayus said: “It’s really hard to have a bath. I’m frightened that Swifty is going to hurt his back. He’s already hurt his back a couple of times. If someone takes him away with a bad back, who’s going to look after me? I would have to go into a home.”

An occupational therapist has visited the couple and left them with special equipment, incl-uding bed and settee-raisers, a bathroom chair and a commode, most of which they say she does not need. The equipment had not been requested and was left at the flat with a note attached.

Mr Deignan said: “The first time somebody came out to see us was after Seb had been out of hospital 16 weeks, but I was told it could be another five to six months before we have a wet room.”

A spokesman for Wor-cestershire Health and Care NHS Trust said the couple’s request for a wet room was being proc-essed by the Worcester Community Housing Association, which owns the property.

“In the meantime we have discouraged Mr Dayus from lifting his wife into and out of the bath and have instead advised Mrs Dayus to utilise the bathboard which we have provided,” he said.

He added that the unwanted equipment would be collected for use elsewhere.

A spokesman for Worcester Community Housing said it spent more than £200,000 a year adapting homes for elderly and disabled tenants, despite having no legal responsibility to do so.

He said that following a recommendation by the Worcestershire NHS Trust community occupational therapy service, the couple’s flat was on the waiting list for a wet room.