PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy (9 November 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of stroke patients treated by the Greenwich & Lewisham NHS Trust received thrombectomy treatment in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)

The NHS Long Term Plan committed to increase the delivery of mechanical thrombectomy for suitable ischaemic stroke patients by 10%. Thrombectomy is available in 24 centres in England, with two non-neuroscience centres currently under development to improve access. The latest data shows that 2.8% of patients are receiving a thrombectomy following a stroke.

Information on stroke patients requiring thrombectomy treatment in Lewisham East is not held in the format requested. In 2020/21, no stroke patients treated by the Greenwich and Lewisham NHS Trust received thrombectomy treatment.

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
15 November 2022