From the NHS Scotland Information Services Division yesterday:
The incidence rate for cerebrovascular disease decreased over the last decade by 12.1%. In the last decade, the mortality rate for cerebrovascular disease decreased by 38.7%.
Click to access 2019-01-29-Stroke-Summary.pdf
Could this achievement be mainly down to better staffing in Scotland? So, as always here, find below a list of a few bits of evidence not mentioned much in our MSM:
First on GP staffing:
Scottish patients have far better access to GPs than those in England
BBC Scotland’s fake news on GPs ‘overwhelmed’ by workloads
SHOCK Scotland has far more staff including consultants and GPs per head of population
Second on Nurse staffing:
Scotland’s nursing and midwifery staffing and student recruitment are Miles better!
SHOCK NHS Scotland has 50% more nurses per head of population!
Scottish Tories reveal strong improvements in nurse supply under SNP
25% increase in number of nurses to work with young people needing mental health services
Scottish student nurse and midwifery numbers reach record high as they plummet in Toryland
Third on other health care staffing:
Radiography staffing vacancies running at ‘healthy’ 5% in Scotland
NHS Psychology staffing soars nearly 40% under SNP
NHS Scotland spends 9% less on private agency locum neurologists as FT staffing rises
Talking-up Scotland 
Another remarkable improvement! I think stroke is another illness that benefits from early intervention, and survival rates could be increasing because of prioritising it.
There seems to have been quite a few changes in the WAY the NHS (Scotland) works, and I really think that’s having a positive overall effect on our healthcare – coordination between different health departments so that you aren’t at the mercy of just one doctor’s opinion. Of course, you can only achieve this if you have the staff!
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Yes had a TIA myself around 7 years ago. The first-aider said I was talking pish and my mum thought I said Transient Islamic Attack! Then I started telling colleagues to fuck off and was sent for neurolinguistic programming!
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