CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY
- Session: 2010-12
- Date tabled: 26.07.2010
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That this House welcomes the findings of the UK Audit of Vascular Surgical Services and Carotid Endarterectomy which states that patients with symptoms of a mini-stroke or transient ischemic attack are missing out on life-saving surgery of the carotid artery because they fail to recognise the symptoms, that patients who do not recognise the symptoms are treated as low priority in the NHS, and that if patients have surgeryof the carotid artery ideally within 14 days this will prevent them fromhaving a full stroke,saving approximately 500 lives a year; and calls on the Government to raise awareness of the symptoms of mini-stroke and reorganise vascular surgery services so that services are concentrated in fewer, larger centres to ensure adequate staffing and resources, enabling an extra 6,500 patients a year to benefit from surgery of the carotid arteryand preventing the debilitating effects of stroke.