Stroke Association and Mind Cymru have partnered to produce a report highlighting the need for stroke survivors to have specialist mental health and wellbeing support to help rebuild their lives.
Stroke patients in Wales missing out on a miracle treatment. Read more here Mae cleifion strôc yng Nghymru ar eu colled o fethu â chael triniaeth wyrthiol. Darllenwch fwy yma
A world without communication is an everyday reality for the 350,000 stroke survivors in the UK with aphasia (i) like Mark Leather from Cardiff– aphasia is a communication disability that is most commonly caused by stroke. Mae byd heb gyfathrebu yn realiti beunyddiol i’r 350,000 o oroeswyr strôc ag affasia yn y Deyrnas Unedig (i) , fel Mark Leather o Gaerdydd. Anabledd cyfathrebu yw affasia a ac
Almost half of people in Wales don’t know that stroke is the fourth biggest killer in the UK, according to new research by the Stroke Association1. Read more here: Nid yw bron i hanner y boblogaeth yng Nghymru yn gwybod mai strôc yw’r lladdwr mwyaf ond tri yn y Deyrnas Unedig, yn ôl ymchwil newydd gan y Gymdeithas Strôc1. Darllenwch fwy yma
The Stroke Association is urging the public to get checked for ‘silent’ health conditions including high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation which can cause a deadly stroke.
New data reveals in Wales over one in two (60%) stroke patients have high blood pressure and one in five (18%) have an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation. [1] Both conditions are often without symptoms.
Anna Richardson: When I found out that up to 90% of strokes can been prevented by making healthier lifestyle choices, it certainly gave me the nudge I needed to overhaul my own lifestyle.
More than 40,000 who called 999 in December 2021 waited nearly two hours for an ambulance with an emergency condition such as stroke, today’s figures show.
The UK’s largest stroke charity is warning people not to delay seeking treatment for stroke due to fear of Omicron
The charity’s new report - the first UK-wide project to map research priorities across the entire stroke care and treatment pathway - reveals where research can address the issues holding stroke survivors back from rebuilding their lives after a devastating stroke.
Garry Rees, aged 56 and a computer engineer from Tredegar, Wales, had a stroke in December 2019 resulting in him spending Christmas
The Stroke Association is funding the world’s first study to determine the long-term impact of Covid-19 on stroke survivors. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic there have been widespread reports of adults with the virus also having strokes [1]. The charity announces this new study today, amid concerns that the virus may be causing more severe strokes in patients.
Ymddangosodd goroeswr strôc o Sir Gaerfyrddin ar y teledu gyda’r seren o raglen EastEnders, Rudolph Walker, i godi arian i’r elusen a wnaeth ei helpu i ailgydio yn ei fywyd.
The Stroke Association is funding the world’s largest research study to investigate worrying reports that Covid-19 is causing life-threatening strokes [1-2]. As Covid-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, this critical research may help to prevent Covid-19-related death and disability. The study will build on the work of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Data Science Centre at Health Data R
The Stroke Association is funding the world’s largest research study to investigate worrying reports that Covid-19 is causing life-threatening strokes. As Covid-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, this critical research may help to prevent Covid-19-related death and disability.
The Stroke Association’s new ‘Stroke Recoveries at Risk’ report has revealed that the reduction of some vital stroke aftercare is causing unnecessary and avoidable problems for stroke survivors in Wales.
Delayed calls to 999 due to concerns around Covid-19, unavailable treatments and cancelled rehabilitation therapies caused by the pandemic has left tens of thousands of stroke survivors with avoidable, unnecessary disability, exacerbated mental health problems and has taken a devastating toll on stroke survivors and their families.
Concerns are mounting that people who have a stroke or TIA/mini-stroke (transient ischemic attack) are not calling 999 amid the coronavirus pandemic. With strokes continuing to strike across Wales at this time, the Stroke Association fears that thousands of people could be at risk of severe disability, or even stroke-related death, if they don’t Act FAST on stroke symptoms.
Almost half (47 %) of working age stroke survivors in Wales are facing financial hardship, according to figures published today.
Tens of thousands of Welsh stroke survivors are dealing with hidden effects, including changes in their mental or emotional health.
A Cardiff resident has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list, after having a stroke aged just 22.
BBC announcer and stroke survivor to do Cardiff's Step Out for stroke.
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