Stroke community urges political parties to make stroke a priority
Stroke care can be great, given the chance. But too often resources – whether human or material – are in short supply. And stroke needs to be a greater priority in wider planning and hospital systems.
These are political decisions. And in the run up to the Scottish Parliament elections in May the stroke community has come together to demand that stroke be made a greater priority in Scotland.
We have worked with stroke professionals in Scotland to develop five practical, cost-effective changes that would transform stroke care:
- Deliver an equitable 24/7 national thrombectomy service.
- Increase inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation capacity.
- Give acute stroke care the same hospital status as other specialist units.
- Develop an innovative long-term stroke specific workforce recruitment and retention plan.
- Ongoing failure to meet stroke standards to be escalated to Health Improvement Scotland.
Now eight leading organisations, and over 200 individual stroke professionals, have written to all the main political parties calling on them to commit to these cost-effective, deliverable actions in their forthcoming manifestos, and throughout the next session of the Parliament.
View a list of the supporting organisations and professionals.
Download our simple leaflet setting out the five key asks.
Scottish Government consultation on Long Term Conditions
The Stroke Association has responded to the Scottish Government consultation on developing a Long Term Conditions Framework. Our view is that there are some benefits to a joined up approach that covers multiple issues, but that there are also many areas where a stroke-specific response is critical.
If you would like to see our response, click on the button below.
