If your hospital isn't measuring 30-day deaths and putting together protocols to prevent those deaths;
THEY ARE TOTALLY FUCKING INCOMPETENT!
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No excuses allowed, everyone needs to be fired! Why would you go to a failed hospital?
More younger Scots dying from stroke
The number of people aged under 65 dying from a stroke across Scotland is increasing, despite an overall reduction in stroke rates and deaths across all ages. The charity Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland says there is a widening health inequality gap, with deprivation emerging as one of the strongest predictors of stroke-related death.
The Scottish Stroke Statistics issued by Public Health Scotland report on patient numbers and incidence of cerebrovascular disease in Scotland, including stroke, brain haemorrhage and Transient Ischaemic Attacks, or ‘mini strokes’.
The incidence rate for cerebrovascular disease decreased over the decade between 2015/16 and 2024/25 by 12%. Incidence was consistently 25% higher in males than females.
The overall death rate reduced by 28% in the ten years to the end of 2024.
However, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) says the overall picture hides a worrying trend of 16% more deaths in younger people under the age of 65 from stroke and wider cerebrovascular conditions over those ten years.
CHSS says there is a ‘stark gap’ in outcomes for people in more disadvantaged areas, with the 2024 death rate in the most deprived areas of Scotland 52% higher than in the least deprived.
Of the 19,098 people who died from cerebrovascular disease between 2020 and 2024, 1,871 were under 65. 35% of those deaths occurred in the most deprived areas of Scotland, compared to 19% of those aged 65 and over living in these communities.
The charity is calling for a fundamental shift in how the country tackles the root causes of stroke, and the impact on outcomes of deprivation, lack of early intervention and uneven access to rehabilitation.
Chief Executive, Jane-Claire Judson says politicians need to focus on these gaps as a matter of urgency:
“This isn’t just a statistical anomaly, it's a wake-up call. People under 65 should not be dying from strokes in increasing numbers in 2026.
“Behind every one of these deaths is a story of lost potential, devastated families, and avoidable tragedy.
“What this trend shows us is that progress isn’t being felt equally. If we don’t act to reverse this now, more families will face the heartbreak of losing loved ones far too soon.”
Focus on five factors
In its manifesto ahead of May’s Holyrood elections, CHSS calls on the next Scottish government to focus on five key areas: prevention and early detection, acute care – included access to 24/7 thrombectomy services – rehabilitation, support beyond healthcare, and prioritising lived experience.(But not 100% recovery! Are you that fucking stupid? YOU have to call out their incompetence!)
The organisation says a failure to invest in these areas will see the current cost of stroke to the NHS in Scotland increase beyond £1 billion a year.
Former MP Amy Callaghan survived a haemorrhagic stroke in 2020 aged 28.
Now Strategic Political Advisor at CHSS, she says delivering on the 2017 promise of universal access to 24/7 thrombectomy services, must be a priority:(YOU are that stupid! Access does not deliver recovery; ONLY EXACT PROTOCOLS DO! My god, the absolute stupidity in stroke is appalling!)
“If someone has a blood clot in their brain, they need to get on the table to receive a thrombectomy within three hours.(And the failure rate of that is 88% Right now, that simply isn’t happening.
“If you arrive just minutes too late you may miss the service and could be left with a lifelong disability.”
This contrasts, CHSS says, with outcomes for those receiving timely access to thrombectomy treatment, who are three times more likely to return to independent lives.
Jane-Claire Judson says uniform national access to cardiovascular risk detection, timely diagnosis and treatments such as thrombectomy, with stronger support for rehabilitation, can help address the growing number of deaths of younger people from more deprived communities, adding:
“Too many lives are being half lived, or lost entirely, because we are failing to make the right decisions now. The data is clear. The solutions exist. What’s needed is political will.”
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