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NHS ‘lifeline’ for hundreds of stroke survivors
Stroke Connect, a partnership with the NHS and the Stroke Association provides stroke survivors with support and advice in the early days following hospital discharge, without having to leave the house.
Source: NHS Networks - August 31, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Sentinel stroke national audit programme reports
The organisational audit measures the staffing levels, resources and facilities available in every hospital that cares for stroke patients acutely whilst the annual patient care audit provides answers to questions about the type of patient having a stroke, whether or not they are being treated quickly enough, receive enough therapy, where patients go for treatment including after their hospital stay, and whether they get the clot-busting drugs they require. More .....
Source: NHS Networks - December 5, 2014 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news
Stroke treatment in England varies widely by location
Of the 68,800 patients admitted to hospital with stroke during 2013/14, 60% were admitted to an acute stroke unit within four hours of arrival at hospital. This figure varied by CCG, from 22% of patients in NHS Wyre Forest CCG to 85% in NHS Hillingdon CCG. More ....
Source: NHS Networks - December 24, 2014 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news
Guide for stroke survivors
Around 80,000 people a year are admitted to hospital with a stroke, and there are more than one million stroke survivors in England.
Source: NHS Networks - November 12, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Staff shortage leads to emergency reconfiguration of stroke services
A hospital is to stop providing acute stroke services from the end of this month after all but one of its specialist stroke nurses handed in their notice.
Source: HSJ - June 15, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trusts could lose acute beds in stroke services shake-up
Strokes services in Coventry and Warwickshire could be centralised under a plan that will see two hospitals lose all their acute stroke beds.
Source: HSJ - June 23, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Regulators tell county to look again at centralising stroke services
Stroke services in West Sussex could be reorganised – two years after plans were halted because of fears they would impact on other hospitals outside the county.
Source: HSJ - October 8, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Plans to relocate stroke services could face judicial review
Controversial plans to halve the number of hospitals admitting stroke patients in Kent and Medway could face judicial review after mounting concerns from councillors about the proposals.
Source: HSJ - December 17, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trust takes action after slump in stroke performance
A hospital trust has increased its number of stroke beds after only 40 per cent of patients were admitted to a specialist unit within four hours.
Source: HSJ - January 7, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Regulator criticises poor hospital stroke care
Tens of thousands of NHS stroke patients could be at risk of suffering fatal blood clots while recovering in hospital because of failures to assess their risk and act on care plans, the NHS has been warned.
Source: HSJ - May 13, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Safety watchdog criticises poor hospital stroke care
Tens of thousands of NHS stroke patients could be at risk of suffering fatal blood clots while recovering in hospital because of failures to assess their risk and act on care plans, the NHS has been warned.
Source: HSJ - May 13, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trusts told it is ‘paramout’ to free up stroke beds for covid patients
Stroke victims could be admitted to district general hospitals which do not normally provide such care if specialist units do not have the beds or staff as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: HSJ - April 27, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Stroke patients waiting nearly an hour longer to get to hospital
Some stroke patients are waiting nearly an hour longer to get to hospital than before the pandemic, risking their lives and chances of recovering without severe disability, HSJ has found.
Source: HSJ - January 18, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
BMA rejects argument for seven-day routine care in hospitals
Debate over NHS offering all services at weekendsRelated items from OnMedicaRCP tackles excess weekend mortalityHospitals ‘on the edge’ of collapseFlexible visiting times trialled in Scotland Stroke therapists must offer seven-day workingFeasibility of seven day NHS to be examined
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 25, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Certain statins can raise risk of developing diabetes
Overall benefits of statins outweigh risks, say expertsRelated items from OnMedicaRegulators suspend Avandia over safety concernsIgnored cholesterol blamed for heart attacksPolypill could halve cardiovascular events Hospitals fail women with myocardial infarctionStatins halve heart attack and stroke risk in healthy adults
Source: OnMedica Latest News - May 24, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
