Acute stroke services

Acute stroke services across South Tyneside and Sunderland were one of three clinical areas reviewed as part of Phase One of the Path to Excellence programme.

Since changes were made in December 2016 to centralise all acute inpatient stroke care at Sunderland Royal Hospital, there have been major improvements in clinical outcomes for patients.

Overall, our acute stroke services across South Tyneside and Sunderland are now rated at level B, only one point off level A which is the very highest level available in the NHS.  Prior to these important changes, stroke services in South Tyneside were rated at level E and in Sunderland level D.  

By working together to change services we have been able to:

  • concentrate teams of stroke consultants and therapy specialists into one dedicated acute stroke unit to improve the resilience of our staffing
  • ensure more patients across South Tyneside and Sunderland are now getting access to high quality stroke care and life saving treatment
  • ensure more patients are now receiving timely care, delivered by specialists, in a dedicated acute stroke unit
  • dramatically improve against national standards and best practice recommendations which has undoubtedly saved and improved lives
  • improve access to seven-day specialist acute stroke services to speed up care for patients and improve their clinical outcomes. 

See the results for yourself by clicking here.

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