Strokes: Health Services
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early intervention for strokes.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The Department recognises the importance of early access to treatment in the event of a stroke. We have committed to improving ambulance response times for category 2 incidents, which includes strokes, from 30 to 25 minutes on average in 2026/27.
The National Health Service is also working to increase the delivery of thrombolysis and thrombectomy rates as a key intervention to support improved patient outcomes.
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