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<p>Although the National Stroke Strategy comes to an end in December, NHS England
continues to lead an effective programme of work on prevention and treatment.</p><p>
</p><p>NHS England is improving acute treatment through the centralisation of care
in centres that can provide the highest level of care at all times of the day and
week. Stroke is one of the five conditions chosen to deliver the urgent and emergency
care standards by this autumn.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has established a cardiovascular
disease (CVD) collaborative to bring together relevant stakeholders in the field of
CVD and provide a forum where relevant work being undertaken in this area and potential
new initiatives can be discussed and responsibilities for action determined.</p><p>
</p><p>CVD prevention is a key theme in NHS England’s <em>Five Year Forward View</em>
and its NHS RightCare programme.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England have also recently announced
that it will be commissioning the new treatment of thrombectomy (extracting the blood
clot causing the blockage to blood flow through a catheter inserted into the artery).
This will initially be provided in the neuroscience centres, but in due course additional
centres may need to provide this treatment to ensure complete population coverage.</p>
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