Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Public Health Scotland Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme report suggesting that, in the last year, on admission to hospital, only 56% of stroke patients in NHS Lothian received the most basic levels of care for the condition, which is known as "the stroke care bundle".
We expect NHS Health Boards, including NHS Lothian, to identify aspects of their stroke services which do not meet the Scottish Standards and to work to improve their standards of care locally.
Every NHS Board now has an accountable senior individual responsible for standards of stroke care. I met with these leads in October last year and will be meeting them again in November to review progress.