Stroke rate ‘tsunami’ will result in 12,000 new cases a year in Ireland

Ireland spends less than 1% of its total health budget on stroke, around half the European average and a quarter of the sum spent by other countries, the pre-Covid study also reveals.

Ireland is facing a “tsunami” of stroke cases in the next 10 years after research warned that the stroke rate will soar to almost 12,000 new incidences a year.

According to the Stroke Alliance for Europe (Safe), this represents a 58% increase.