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More than 38,000 people who called 999 in January 2022 waited at least nearly one and a half hours for an ambulance with an emergency condition such as stroke, today’s (10.02.22) figures show.
Anna Richardson: When I found out that up to 90% of strokes can been prevented by making healthier lifestyle choices, it certainly gave me the nudge I needed to overhaul my own lifestyle.
More than 40,000 who called 999 in December 2021 waited nearly two hours for an ambulance with an emergency condition such as stroke, today’s figures show.
The UK’s largest stroke charity is warning people not to delay seeking treatment for stroke due to fear of Omicron
The Stroke Association is funding the world’s largest research study to investigate worrying reports that Covid-19 is causing life-threatening strokes. As Covid-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, this critical research may help to prevent Covid-19-related death and disability.
Delayed calls to 999 due to concerns around Covid-19, unavailable treatments and cancelled rehabilitation therapies caused by the pandemic has left tens of thousands of stroke survivors with avoidable, unnecessary disability, exacerbated mental health problems and has taken a devastating toll on stroke survivors and their families.
Debby Fields, 42 from Grimsby, is set to take part in the Stroke Association’s Step Out for Stroke fundraising walk at Central Park on Sunday 20 May. She will be marking five years to the day since a life-changing stroke.
The Stroke Association is appealing to runners to help conquer stroke, by joining the charity’s team at the adidas Silverstone Half Marathon on Sunday 12 March.
A Loughborough playwright has raised £2,135 for the Stroke Association after holding a night of new writing at the Y Theatre in Leicester.
A Loughborough running team is set to tackle the Ikano Robin Hood Half Marathon on Sunday 27 September 2015 to raise vital funds for the Stroke Association.
A Corby support group is appealing for volunteers, to enable them to continue to support stroke survivors on their road to recovery.
A woman from Chesterfield has discovered a new talent for writing poetry, after surviving a stroke earlier this year.
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