Written question asked by Caroline Johnson (Conservative) on Monday, 1 December 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 December 2025 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Friday, 5 December 2025. A substantive answer was provided by Ashley Dalton (Labour) on Thursday, 11 December 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Mechanical Thrombectomy: Health Services
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 85849 on Mechanical Thrombectomy: Health Services, what estimate he has made of the time taken for a patient to be transferred from the referring centre to a hospital offering thrombectomy services after the decision to accept the patient for care.
- Answer
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The National Stroke Service Model and the National Service Model for an Integrated Community Stroke Service set out an evidenced based pathway for joined-up stroke care throughout the patient journey. The service model sets out that all acute stroke patients should have rapid access to a stroke unit within four hours and receive an early multidisciplinary assessment.
The Department does not hold information on transfer times to thrombectomy units in the format requested. The proportion of patients that had access to a stroke unit within four hours has risen to 51.3%, from 47.7% in 2024.
Presently there are 24 Comprehensive Stroke Centres offering mechanical thrombectomy services in the NHS in England, covering six out of the seven NHS regions. NHS England has committed that all NHS regions in England will have access to 24/7 mechanical thrombectomy by April 2026.
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Mechanical Thrombectomy: Health Services
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
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- Travel Health services Strokes Mechanical thrombectomy
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