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NHS Scotland achieves fall in mortality from ‘strokes’ by nearly 40% in last decade
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 Reporting Scotland all quiet on surgery closures and GP shortages … Continue reading NHS Scotland achieves fall in mortality from ‘strokes’ by nearly 40% in last decade