NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT have been working in partnership with Beehive Solutions to provide a weekend TIA clinic at The Royal Cornwall Hospital since February 2010.
The weekend service allows the Trust to provide a seven-day per week TIA (Transient Ischaemic Attack) clinic, as a key measure to reduce the risk of patients having a full Stroke.
Local demand for TIA clinics has grown steadily as a result of the FAST public awareness campaign. FAST was launched a year ago and alerts people to the signs and symptoms of a stroke. Reducing the number of people who suffer a stroke is one of NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly’s key objectives as stroke affects around 1,150 local people per year. An additional 1,000 local people per year also suffer a TIA.
Carol Williams, the director of service improvement and professional practice at NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly said: “The opening of the weekend clinics is a major step forward in the treatment and prevention of strokes and shows our commitment to fully implementing the National Stroke Strategy. The local stroke service is going from strength to strength.”
Note: A TIA – sometimes known as a mini stroke - is a brief episode which occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is temporarily cut off. Symptoms may include: difficulty with speech; weakness in the limbs down one side of the body or blindness in one eye. All symptoms resolve within 24 hours, but can be a fore-runner of a full Stroke. Early assessment and intervention is therefore vital.
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