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  • New figures show too many Scots don’t receive basic level of stroke care

    The UK’s leading stroke charity is deeply concerned by the latest national stroke statistics which tell a distressing story of decline of the most basic levels of hospital stroke care in Scotland.
    The Stroke Association highlights less than two thirds of all stroke patients in the country were admitted to a dedicated stroke unit on time last year, despite stroke being designated as a clinical p

  • Scottish Government's Stroke Improvement Plan

    John Watson, Associate Director Scotland said:
    “We welcome the Scottish Government’s Stroke Improvement Plan (2023) which sets out the commitments Health Boards in Scotland must undertake to ensure equitable and timely access to diagnosis, treatment and care for people with suspected stroke. Stroke is a clinical priority in Scotland, and this ambitious plan reflects the importance of tackling t

  • ‘I’m not daft or drunk!’ Wiltshire stroke survivor calls for more public understanding of aphasia

    A stroke survivor from Warminster is calling for more public understanding of the speech and language condition which affects him and more than 350,000 other people in the UK.
    Mark Docksey, 38, says there are often times when people think he is “either daft or drunk” because they make assumptions about his speech.
    He has aphasia, apraxia and dysphasia, as a result of a stroke in November 20

  • Sisters Success with Edinburgh Half Marathon

    Sisters Samantha Williamson, and Clare Hogarth from Peebles, ran the Edinburgh Half Marathon on 28 May, to increase awareness of stroke and raise funds for the Stroke Association. Their father, Tommy, had a massive stroke last October rendering him unable to walk and talk. After three weeks Tommy could walk, but still struggles with communicating – a condition, also known as aphasia. Tommy was fit

  • Withdrawal of stroke services from Daisy Hill Hospital is extremely worrying

    The unplanned withdrawal of stroke services from Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, Northern Ireland, is extremely worrying.
    Alasdair O’Hara, the Stroke Association’s associate director for Northern Ireland, said: "It’s long been acknowledged that stroke services across Northern Ireland need transformed to improve outcomes for patients and create more sustainable, high-quality services.
    "Yet, d

  • Over half of Welsh people have never heard of aphasia / Nid yw dros hanner pobl Cymru erioed wedi clywed am affasia

    New research from the Stroke Association reveals a huge lack of public awareness and knowledge of aphasia - a language and communication disorder most commonly caused by stroke
    New research from the Stroke Association reveals over half of the Welsh public (57%) have never heard of aphasia*, despite it affecting over 350,000 people in the UK1.
    Aphasia is a language and communication disorder

  • The online café has been a lifesaver for me.

    I had my stroke in September 2015. I was 31 years old at the time.
    Looking back, it was hell. I couldn’t walk, dress or wash myself. I was completely reliant on others.
    Whilst I have recovered physically, I spend time feeling isolated and alone. No-one really understood the enormity of what I had just experienced. My life had changed in an instant, and although I still had friends, it w

  • Local man takes on The Three Peaks with friends

    Cammy McKinnell, 37 from Troon is scaling the three highest peaks in Scotland, England & Wales for charity with eleven of his friends.
    The challenge will take place on Friday 21st Saturday 22nd April, seeing them scale the three highest peaks of Scotland (Ben Nevis), England (Scafell Pike) and Wales (Snowdon) - all within 24 hours! The challenge involves a total hiking distance of 37km (2

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