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Strokes: Hospitals

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 15 January 2026UIN 103750

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends of hospital admissions of those with stroke symptoms in the last 5 years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The following table shows the trend in stroke admissions for the last five years:

Year

Stroke admissions incidence

Stroke admissions rate per 100,000 population

2020/21

89,739

166.3

2021/22

93,710

171.4

2022/23

93,753

168.4

2023/24

97,843

173.1

2024/25

99,494

172.7

Source: Fingertips, available at the following link:
https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/stroke%20admissions#page/4/gid/1/pat/159/par/K02000001/ati/15/are/E92000001/iid/90986/age/1/sex/4/cat/-1/ctp/-1/yrr/1/cid/4/tbm/1

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