All Stroke articles – Page 15
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News
Stroke consultation under way
Health secretary Alan Johnson has launched a consultation on stroke services in order to develop a stroke strategy. It includes proposals on providing faster treatment for minor strokes, treating the earliest signs of strokes seriously and improving care and support when people leave hospital.
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Audit finds unacceptable waits for stroke scans
Less than 10 per cent of stroke patients are receiving a brain scan within three hours of having a stroke, and only 42 per cent are having brain imaging to confirm diagnosis within 24 hours of symptoms, an audit has found.The 2006 National Sentinel Stroke Audit also found that only ...
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Comment
Michael White on politics
'Alan Johnson is keen on neglected causes like stroke so his startling brevity in the debate implies no disrespect'
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Stroke patients 'die needlessly', says report
Stroke patients in England 'die needlessly or suffer more serious disability than they should' because they continue to be denied fast access to brain scans and clot-busting drugs, according to a report published by the Commons public accounts committee.
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Heart failure review reveals 'worrying' variations in care
A review of heart failure services has found wide variations between the performance of primary care trusts.
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Comment
Pret a Porter?: what a US business guru has to teach the NHS
An academic tome about the US health system, even one co-authored by one of the world's most renowned business theorists, seems an unlikely hit for an NHS audience. But Redefining Healthcare: creating value-based competition on results, by Michael Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, has caught the attention of UK policy-makers, ...
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Nicholson pledges to devolve 90pc of resources to local NHS
NHS chief executive unequivocal about huge transfer of budgets from DoH
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New stroke toolkit will save lives
National director for heart disease Professor Roger Boyle has issued new guidance and a toolkit providing advice to commissioners on good practice on improving stroke services. It highlights key issues to consider and summarises supporting resources.The toolkit, ASSET, is to assist NHS commissioners modernise stroke services. By using their own ...
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Czars make case for service reconfiguration
National director for emergency access Sir George Alberti has published a report setting out the clinical case for reconfiguration of access to emergency care services. And national director for heart disease and stroke Professor Roger Boyle has published a report setting out the clinical case for reconfiguration in heart disease ...
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Comment
Andrew Jones on conspiracy or cock-up
'It could be kindly argued that, by general lack of enthusiasm, a third of the country is yet to churn out any meaningful health activity data, yet alone customise or dynamise it to specific local goals. Perhaps more telling is that two-thirds have yet to even put together a simple ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Health Hotel: what about the workers?
As the UK's largest employer, the NHS should be doing much more to look after the health and welfare of its employees. Jeremy Davies reports
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News
Stroke audit
Emergency services for stroke are still not up to standard, despite an increase in the number of specialist units.