A new campaign by the NHS in England is encouraging people who experience the first sign of a stroke not to delay calling 999, after analysis of calls made in the last year showed the average time to do so was nearly an hour and a half.

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NHS stroke campaign urges ‘don’t delay making 999 call’

Getty ImagesA new campaign by the NHS in England is encouraging people who experience the first sign of a stroke

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Strokes and mini-strokes are caused by a blood clot or bleed on the brain which cuts off the blood supply, killing brain cells.

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Stroke sufferers took nearly 90 minutes on average to call for help last year

Health officials say confusion about deadly signs leave people waiting almost 90 minutes to call emergency services

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Why you should call 999 with just one stroke symptom – and how to spot them

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.

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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 and acting on stroke symptoms in a major new campaign. Strokes and mini-strokes are caused by a blood clot or bleed on the brain which cuts off the blood supply, killing brain cells. They are the fourth single leading cause of death in the UK, with 38,00…

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Strokes and mini-strokes are caused by a blood clot or bleed on the brain which cuts off the blood supply, killing brain cells.  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 and acting on stroke symptoms in a major new campaign. Strokes and mini-strokes are caused by a blood clot or bleed on the br…

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Read More   Update of Act FAST made as data for England shows average time between first symptom and call is 88 minutes Dialling 999 as soon as stroke symptoms occur is crucial to saving lives and preventing lasting damage, a new NHS England campaign is to stress as data reveals people wait almost an hour…

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New NHS campaign urges people to call 999 at first sign of stroke

NHS England says recognising any one of these signs in yourself or others and dialling 999 urgently is crucial to getting prompt, specialist treatment. Yet the average time taken to make that emergency call was 88 minutes in 2023-24, NHS data reveals. The analysis, from a team at King’s College London, looked at data for more than 41,000 stroke patients who were taken by ambulance to hospital.  NHS England also said a recent poll they carried ou…

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NHS stroke campaign urges 'don't delay making 999 call' - Daily news Update

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 and a half.   New analysis of NHS data shows that for 2023-24, of 41,327 patients with a […]

NHS stroke campaign urges ‘don’t delay making 999 call’

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