HC Deb 23 October 2003 vol 411 cc741-2W
Mr. Baron

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of stroke patients he estimates will be able to be treated in specialist stroke units for the majority of their hospital stay from April 2004. [133011]

Dr. Ladyman

Stroke is one of the condition specific standards (Standard 5) incorporated into the national service framework for older people. The target is that, by April 2004, 100 per cent. of all general hospitals which care for people with stroke will have a specialised stroke service, as described in the stroke service model and that all people who are thought to have had a stroke will have access to diagnostic services and access to specialist stroke services as appropriate.

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