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  • Stroke costs Scotland £265,000 every 48 minutes – more than cost of average Scottish home

    Stroke survivors with avoidable disability pay the price of rehabilitation shortfall, warns the Stroke Association
    Stroke currently costs Scotland £2.9 billion a year – £8 million a day – in health, social care, and wider economy Over half is on social care - £1.5 billion - as stroke survivors are often left with life-changing mental and physical disabilities due to the brain injury caused b

    Purple slide with figures showing projected increase in cost of stroke to society between 2025 and 2035 - an almost 40% r

  • Stroke costs the UK £244,600 every five minutes - almost the cost of the average UK home

    Stroke survivors with avoidable disability pay the price of rehabilitation shortfall, warns the Stroke Association
    Stroke currently costs the UK £25.7 billion a year – £70.4 million a day – in health, social care, and wider economy Over half is on social care - £13.7 billion - as stroke survivors are often left with life-changing mental and physical disabilities due to the brain injury caused

  • Young Runcorn stroke survivor supports charity campaign to say “Survival is not enough!”

    A stroke survivor from Runcorn is sharing their story ahead of World Stroke Day, as part of a national campaign to spotlight the fragility of the brain and the life-changing impact a stroke can have on people of all ages.
    Liam Hillyer was just 28, a successful musician and a dad of three when had a stroke. Liam is now raising awareness of stroke as part of the Stroke Association’s ‘Survival Is

  • Hertfordshire Stroke Survivor Supports Charity To Highlight 'Survival is Not Enough'

    A stroke survivor from Hertfordshire is sharing his story ahead of World Stroke Day, as part of a national campaign to spotlight the fragility of the brain and the life-changing impact a stroke can have on people of all ages.
    Danny McCarron, 46, from Stevenage, was asleep at home in January 2022 when a stroke changed his life forever. Now, as part of the Stroke Association’s Survival Is Not Eno

  • Scottish Stroke Care Audit 2014 National Report - Stroke Association Scotland comments

    Andrea Cail, Director Scotland of the Stroke Association said: “Stroke is a major health problem in Scotland and it has now been a clinical priority for the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland for over 15 years.  During that time there have been significant improvements in the quality of stroke care which have contributed to a reduction in the number of deaths from stroke.  However, stroke is sti

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