Enhancing Care for Stroke Patients
Capgemini Consulting helps Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac and Stroke Network to deliver improved medical outcomes.
Download as PDFYou don’t have to be over 65 to have a stroke; it’s the third largest killer
in the UK and can affect people at any age. Moreover, stroke care has a significant
impact on public expenditure: the NHS estimated its national cost at £2.8 billion
per year. In line with National Stroke Strategy requirements the Greater Manchester
& Cheshire Cardiac and Stroke Network (the ‘Network’) set out to improve care
for the three million citizens of Greater Manchester and its immediate surrounding
area. At the end of 2007, stroke patients received variable levels of care depending
on where they lived. The Network believes that “every citizen of Greater Manchester
shall have equal access to a fully integrated, evidence based hyper-acute and
acute specialist stroke care pathway”.
