Maintain pressure on reforms to protect NHSHyper-acute stroke unit doubles thrombolysis rate
A specialist NHS centre for treating stroke patients in London has more than doubled the rate of patients receiving thrombolysis in the area it covers.
The hyper-acute stroke unit at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust opened in February.
Preliminary figures indicate that mortality rates have also reduced to a quarter of the national average for stroke - just six per cent compared to 27 per cent.
The unit is a collaboration between hospitals across north central London.
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B R | 10-Jul-2010 11:39 pm
Great news, this needs to be nation-wide, not another postcode lottery!!
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Anonymous | 13-Jul-2010 6:25 pm
This happening in Salford, for the whole of greater manchester and is working really well.
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