Stroke Care

EDM number 768 in 2002-03, proposed by Jim Cunningham on 25/02/2003.

That this House welcomes the new All Party Parliamentary Group for stroke; notes with concern the continuing variation across the UK in the provision of and access to specialist stroke services; believes that more should be done to prevent stroke and to treat those affected; supports the stroke standard and targets set for stroke care in the National Service Framework for Older People; and calls on the Government to take action to ensure that everyone who has a stroke has access to diagnostic services, is treated appropriately by a specialist stroke service and is able to participate in a multi-disciplinary programme of secondary prevention and rehabilitation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 131 MPs.