Tens of thousands of people who have a stroke could be diagnosed and treated sooner as new data found that the average time between onset of first symptoms and a 999 call being made was nearly an hour and a half.  

Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are supporting an international study looking at whether a new drug could help reduce the risk of strokes reoccurring in patients.

Clinicians at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are using AI technology to help deliver faster and more accurate diagnoses of strokes.

A Canterbury stroke patient who features in an NHS film about the use of Artificial Intelligence in urgent stroke treatment, has been speaking about the experience and care which ‘has given me a lifeline’.

A service helping stroke survivors recover faster at home has seen waiting times slashed from six weeks to eight days.

Stroke patients in Hull and parts of East Yorkshire are to benefit from a new rapid assessment system aimed at saving lives and improving care.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has confirmed its place at the forefront of pioneering revolutionary mechanical thrombectomy with almost five times the national average number of patients leaving hospital with no stroke symptoms, latest figures reveal.

NICE has published its final guidance recommending tenecteplase (also called Metalyse and made by Boehringer Ingelheim) as an option for treating acute ischaemic stroke in adults.

A new smartphone face-screening tool could help paramedics to identify stroke in seconds – much sooner and more accurately than is possible with current technologies.

University Hospitals Dorset’s stroke team has been involved in a global health programme to improve stroke services across the world.

Researchers have discovered a better way of identifying those at high risk of potential heart attacks and strokes and other major cardiovascular disease events.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is working with East of England Ambulance Service Trust to use video calls to help suspected stroke patients.

Helping lighten the load so stroke patients get back on their feet forms new research from University of Northampton.

Vision experts from the University of Liverpool have developed a first of its kind questionnaire to assess the impact of post-brain injury visual impairment.

A new project at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is helping to reduce hospital readmissions in heart attack, stroke and vascular patients.

East Kent Hospitals’ consultant stroke physician and clinical lead Dr David Hargroves has been announced as a new National Clinical Director, taking a leading role for NHS England.

Up to 2.1 million people with cardiovascular disease (CVD) could benefit from a new cholesterol target outlined in NICE guidance for the first time.

Thousands of lives have been saved and almost 17,000 strokes prevented, thanks to the rapid roll out of blood-thinning drugs on the NHS, the head of the health service announced last month.

Stroke patients are getting the care they need faster thanks to new cutting-edge computer technology.

Measuring blood pressure while patients are standing rather than sitting may improve the accuracy of readings, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers in the US report.