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<p>NHS England does not anticipate being able to offer thrombectomy to all eligible
stroke patients immediately, because of the need to develop and train further specialists
to undertake the procedure. NHS England is initially proposing to set up 24 thrombectomy
centres providing care 24 hours a day, seven days a week which would require a minimum
of five interventional clinicians for each centre (120 clinicians). Ultimately NHS
England expects to need at least 30 centres to provide equitable geographical coverage,
which would require 150 interventionists.</p><p>NHS England anticipates that it will
take a minimum of five years to achieve full 24/7 services and in the initial roll
out phase of implementation most services will not be in a position to safely deliver
this service 24/7, as delivering thrombectomy is a complex and highly technical procedure.</p><p>
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