Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with (a) the Stroke Association and (b) experts in thrombectomy services to discuss the adequacy of access to mechanical thrombectomies.

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced the development of a Major Condition Strategy, including stroke, with an interim report to be published this summer.

About 8% of patients suffering from an ischemic stroke in England could benefit from a thrombectomy. There is strong evidence that, when used appropriately, thrombectomy significantly reduces the severity of disability caused by stroke. NHS England is committed to bringing about a tenfold increase in the delivery of mechanical thrombectomy.