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  • Purple slide with figures showing projected increase in cost of stroke to society between 2025 and 2035 - an almost 40% r

    Stroke costs Scotland £265,000 every 48 minutes – more than cost of average Scottish home

    Stroke survivors with avoidable disability pay the price of rehabilitation shortfall, warns the Stroke Association
    Stroke currently costs Scotland £2.9 billion a year – £8 million a day – in health, social care, and wider economy Over half is on social care - £1.5 billion - as stroke survivors are often left with life-changing mental and physical disabilities due to the brain injury caused b

  • Stroke costs the UK £244,600 every five minutes - almost the cost of the average UK home

    Stroke survivors with avoidable disability pay the price of rehabilitation shortfall, warns the Stroke Association
    Stroke currently costs the UK £25.7 billion a year – £70.4 million a day – in health, social care, and wider economy Over half is on social care - £13.7 billion - as stroke survivors are often left with life-changing mental and physical disabilities due to the brain injury caused

  • Northern Ireland faces UK's highest percentage rise in stroke survivors, as annual costs set to exceed £1 billion by 2035

    Stroke survivors with avoidable disability pay the price of rehabilitation shortfall, warns the Stroke Association
    Stroke currently costs Northern Ireland around £750 million a year in health, social care, and wider economy. Over half is on social care - £380 million - as stroke survivors are often left with life-changing mental and physical disabilities due to the brain injury caused by str

  • Worcester stroke survivor supports charity campaign to say “Survival is not enough!”

    A stroke survivor from Worcester is sharing their story ahead of World Stroke Day, as part of a national campaign to spotlight the fragility of the brain and the life-changing impact a stroke can have on people of all ages.
    Tim Jacobs was just 38 and travelling to visit family, when he had a stroke that was caused by a bleed on his brain. Tim is now raising awareness of stroke as part of the St

  • Bolton stroke survivor supports charity campaign to say “Survival is not enough!”

    A stroke survivor from Bolton is sharing their story ahead of World Stroke Day, as part of a national campaign to spotlight the fragility of the brain and the life-changing impact a stroke can have on people of all ages.
    Following his stroke, Nasser Hussain, 58, is now raising awareness of stroke as part of the Stroke Association’s ‘Survival Is Not Enough’ campaign.
    For Nasser life before hi

  • Young Northumberland stroke survivor, 13, supports charity campaign to say “Survival is not enough!”

    A stroke survivor from Northumberland is sharing their story ahead of World Stroke Day, as part of a national campaign to spotlight the fragility of the brain and the life-changing impact a stroke can have on people of all ages.
    Matilda Stacey was just 13 when she had her stroke. Now, Matilda and her family are raising awareness of stroke as part of the Stroke Association’s ‘Survival Is Not Eno

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