Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy
(asked on 20th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether local integrated care systems can determine whether they carry out thrombectomy for stroke patients.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 25th January 2022
In England, provision of healthcare for stroke thrombectomy is the responsibility of NHS England. Local integrated care systems (ICSs) cannot determine whether thrombectomy for stroke patients is available. Thrombectomy is available in 24 centres in England. The Integrated Stroke Delivery Network is now operational, bringing together stakeholders to deliver whole pathway transformation across ICSs.