The Latest Breaking News from Stroke Association

‘Unsustainable’: UK predicted to see 50% spike in strokes by 2035

Stark new projections suggest annual admissions will rise to 151,000, costing the NHS and economy £75bn

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2024

Why didn’t wife and mother get ‘miracle’ stroke treatment, grieving family ask

Hospital staff said procedure could not be done at weekends and gave her aspirin. But help was available just a short drive away

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

‘I had surgery on Sunday and was home by Monday’: calls for NHS rollout of gamechanging stroke treatment

Doctors and patients are demanding wider access to therapy available only as a postcode lottery

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023

Co Antrim woman opens up on how a stroke at 24 left her unable to speak

Keeley Murdock from Ballyclare is now raising awareness of aphasia and its impact on stroke survivors

Belfast Live · May 26, 2023

'I was in a bad place', says Nottingham vet who took up running - and has just done 5 marathons

She ran 135.03 miles

Nottingham Post · May 21, 2023

'I felt a pop in the back of my neck and the next day I woke up blind'

Dave Jones suffered a stroke at the age of 36

Wales Online · Mar 21, 2023

The ‘lifeline’ services which could close this month after losing council cash

More than 150 organisations have missed out on council funding

Manchester Evening News · Mar 19, 2023

Top charity backs SNP MP after journalist calls her 'the one with the crutch'

A LEADING charity has spoken out in defence of an SNP politician after a journalist referred to her as “the one with the crutch”.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 15, 2023

Dad found out water 'coming out of one side of his mouth' was serious condition

Phil Woodford, from Preston, has told how he spent five months in hospital with a serious condition after he started feeling unwell, slurring his words, and had water coming out the side of his mouth

Daily Mirror · Jan 17, 2023

Dad 'slammed down in the shower' and spent months in hospital

A charity warned stroke survivors are put at risk by ambulance delays

Liverpool Echo · Jan 15, 2023