Written question asked by Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 24 February 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 February 2003. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Thursday, 27 February 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of stroke patients were treated in a stroke unit for the minimum effective time in the last three months. - Inc fact that we do not routinely collect the info requested and ref to http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/strokeaudit01-02.pdf.

Answer: Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of stroke patients were treated in a stroke unit for the minimum effective time in the last three months. [99318] Jacqui Smith: We do not routinely collect the information requested. The most comprehensive sourceof information on stroke services is the National Sentinel Stroke Audit, carried out by the Royal College of Physicians. The results can be found at http:// www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/strokeaudit01-02.pdf.

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