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Stroke treatment boost
Lancashire Evening Post
|August 02, 2025
A potentially lifesaving stroke treatment will be on offer around the clock in Lancashire and South Cumbria by early next year at the latest, it has emerged.
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The Royal Preston Hospital already offers the procedure, known as a thrombectomy, to suitable patients in the region - but it is currently available only during limited hours.
An ambition to roll out a 24-hour service by last autumn went unfulfilled, because of difficulties recruiting the staff needed to increase the operating times of the specialist facility beyond 8am-6pm.
However, a meeting of the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) heard that the treatment-which can also preserve more of a stroke sufferer's mobility - will be offered at any time of day or night from no later than 1st February, 2026.
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