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Less than half of stroke sufferers reach hospital within three hours
National Office of Clinical Audit is publishing the findings today of its first audit of stroke care received by 4,275 patients across 20 hospitals
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly: Audit of stroke care points to the need for investment in more designated stroke unit beds .
Wed, 16 Dec, 2020 - 07:05
Maresa Fagan
An audit of care given to stroke patients has found that less than half reached a hospital within a critical three-hour window for emergency treatment and has called for greater investment in stroke units and services.
The National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) is publishing the findings today of its first audit of stroke care received by 4,275 patients across 20 hospitals.
The hospital death rate for the most common form for stroke has risen for the first time in a decade.
The worrying turnaround in mortality for patients suffering ischaemic stroke (caused by a restriction in blood supply to the brain) shows an increases from 76 deaths per 1,000 admitted patients in 2018 to 80 per 1,000 last year.
The death rate for haemorrhagic stroke (caused by bleeding on the brain) has not fallen significantly, although it is down from 264 per 1,000 admissions in 2010 to 241 per 1,000 last year.
Commenting on the rise in ischaemic stroke deaths rates, Professor Joe Harbison, former national clinical lead for stroke, said: “We are still deficient in number and quality of acute stroke unit beds compared with comparable countries so there is potential further improvement in care.”