TENS of thousands of people who have a stroke could be diagnosed and treated sooner if people call 999 immediately upon ...
A stroke can be a life threatening event, so arm yourself with the knowledge of how to recognise when someone is having one ...
A new campaign by the NHS in England is encouraging people who experience the first sign of a stroke not to delay calling 999 ...
type 2 diabetes or stroke in the next 10 years. Introduced in 2009, everyone aged 40-74 who does not have a pre-existing ...
The NHS campaign is an update of the Act FAST initiative - Face, Arms, Speech, Time - which teaches people to look for ...
Tens of thousands of people who have a stroke could be diagnosed and treated sooner as new data found that the average time between onset of first symptoms and a 999 call being made was nearly an hour ...
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The average time between a person suffering a stroke and dialling 999 for help was around an hour and a half last year, figures show. It comes as the NHS has updated its criteria for identifying ...