Less than 60% of stroke victims get to hospital in time for critical treatment

Professor Rónán Collins, the HSE’s National Clinical Lead for Stroke, insists that the faster stroke sufferers seek help and can present to an emergency department, the better the outcome.

Only 58% of stroke patients got to hospital for specialised clot-busting treatment in 4.5 hours or less during 2021, a national stroke audit has found.

It is a drop from 60% the previous year.