Mechanical Thrombectomy: Yorkshire and the Humber
(asked on 24th November 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place thrombectomy services in York and Scarborough Foundation Teaching NHS Trust.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 29th December 2021
The average time from arrival at York Hospital emergency department to assessment at the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit is 141 minutes. The nearest centres for thrombectomy treatment are Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. There are no plans to develop a thrombectomy service at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.