Stroke Association
@thestrokeassoc.bsky.social
Stroke changes lives in an instant, but the brain can adapt. And so can you. We’re here to support people to rebuild their lives after stroke.
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Being a stroke charity based in UK, we rarely see a Bluesky, so this will have to do. ☁️
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Imagine working unpaid for the rest of the year. This is the reality for stroke survivors up and down the country.
Today is Disability Pay Gap Day, which means disabled people will stop being paid compared to non-disabled colleagues, earning £4,300 less/year.
Why should stroke survivors be poorer?
Today is Disability Pay Gap Day, which means disabled people will stop being paid compared to non-disabled colleagues, earning £4,300 less/year.
Why should stroke survivors be poorer?
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Imagine working unpaid for the rest of the year. This is the reality for stroke survivors up and down the country.
Today is Disability Pay Gap Day, which means disabled people will stop being paid compared to non-disabled colleagues, earning £4,300 less/year.
Why should stroke survivors be poorer?
Today is Disability Pay Gap Day, which means disabled people will stop being paid compared to non-disabled colleagues, earning £4,300 less/year.
Why should stroke survivors be poorer?
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Are you aged 18 or over? Have you sustained a stroke? Do you suffer sudden onset, uncontrollable crying, or laughter episodes since the stroke? Post-stroke emotionalism is a common problem and at UEA we are conducting ground-breaking clinical research to find an effective medical treatment.
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Are you aged 18 or over? Have you sustained a stroke? Do you suffer sudden onset, uncontrollable crying, or laughter episodes since the stroke? Post-stroke emotionalism is a common problem and at UEA we are conducting ground-breaking clinical research to find an effective medical treatment.
Thank you @munirawilson.bsky.social for hosting the #WorldStrokeDay debate in Westminster today, and for shining a light on the many challenges that so many stroke patients and survivors are expected to navigate alone, once discharged from hospital.
📢 We need to #MakeStrokeAPriority.
📢 We need to #MakeStrokeAPriority.
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thank you @munirawilson.bsky.social for hosting the #WorldStrokeDay debate in Westminster today, and for shining a light on the many challenges that so many stroke patients and survivors are expected to navigate alone, once discharged from hospital.
📢 We need to #MakeStrokeAPriority.
📢 We need to #MakeStrokeAPriority.
Investing in stroke prevention, treatment, and rehab NOW could save the NHS tens of billions every year by 2035.
More importantly, it will save lives.
Join @munirawilson.bsky.social live on Parliament TV later today as they discuss the need to #MakeStrokeAPriority this #WorldStrokeDay. 👇
More importantly, it will save lives.
Join @munirawilson.bsky.social live on Parliament TV later today as they discuss the need to #MakeStrokeAPriority this #WorldStrokeDay. 👇
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Investing in stroke prevention, treatment, and rehab NOW could save the NHS tens of billions every year by 2035.
More importantly, it will save lives.
Join @munirawilson.bsky.social live on Parliament TV later today as they discuss the need to #MakeStrokeAPriority this #WorldStrokeDay. 👇
More importantly, it will save lives.
Join @munirawilson.bsky.social live on Parliament TV later today as they discuss the need to #MakeStrokeAPriority this #WorldStrokeDay. 👇
In a study of 29,000 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), medics have shown clopidogrel to be more effective than aspirin at preventing strokes and cardiovascular events, without increasing the risk of bleeding.
A result that could transform health guidelines worldwide. 👇
A result that could transform health guidelines worldwide. 👇
Doctors find drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks
Doctors find drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks
Discovery that clopidogrel is a more effective blood thinner could transform health guidelines worldwide
Doctors have found a drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks and strokes, in a discovery that could transform health guidelines worldwide.
For decades, millions of people have been advised to take aspirin to reduce their risk of experiencing a serious cardiovascular event. A daily low-dose aspirin makes blood less sticky and helps prevent heart attacks and strokes. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In a study of 29,000 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), medics have shown clopidogrel to be more effective than aspirin at preventing strokes and cardiovascular events, without increasing the risk of bleeding.
A result that could transform health guidelines worldwide. 👇
A result that could transform health guidelines worldwide. 👇
Want to contact our Stroke Support Helpline over the bank holiday weekend? Here are our opening hours:
Saturday: 10am to 1pm
Sunday: Closed
Monday: 10am to 1pm
Our normal hours resume from Tuesday, which you can read more about here: https://bit.ly/3xbnRpI
Saturday: 10am to 1pm
Sunday: Closed
Monday: 10am to 1pm
Our normal hours resume from Tuesday, which you can read more about here: https://bit.ly/3xbnRpI
August 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Want to contact our Stroke Support Helpline over the bank holiday weekend? Here are our opening hours:
Saturday: 10am to 1pm
Sunday: Closed
Monday: 10am to 1pm
Our normal hours resume from Tuesday, which you can read more about here: https://bit.ly/3xbnRpI
Saturday: 10am to 1pm
Sunday: Closed
Monday: 10am to 1pm
Our normal hours resume from Tuesday, which you can read more about here: https://bit.ly/3xbnRpI
Thrombectomy not only saves lives – it restores quality of life. But too many stroke patients miss out on this game-changing treatment, due to service delivery constraints.
Thank you @foysolchoudhury.bsky.social for championing round-the-clock treatment to #MakeStrokeAPriority in Scotland.
Thank you @foysolchoudhury.bsky.social for championing round-the-clock treatment to #MakeStrokeAPriority in Scotland.
Despite a clear commitment to deliver round-the-clock treatment, hundreds of patients are still being denied access to thrombectomy, one of the most effective and time-critical stroke interventions available.
📰 Read my latest article: theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/07/stro...
📰 Read my latest article: theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/07/stro...
August 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Thrombectomy not only saves lives – it restores quality of life. But too many stroke patients miss out on this game-changing treatment, due to service delivery constraints.
Thank you @foysolchoudhury.bsky.social for championing round-the-clock treatment to #MakeStrokeAPriority in Scotland.
Thank you @foysolchoudhury.bsky.social for championing round-the-clock treatment to #MakeStrokeAPriority in Scotland.
Yesterday, the Government announced a new 10 Year Health Plan for England, while a recent headline from The Guardian reinforces why we need it: bit.ly/3IbEGGw
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July 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yesterday, the Government announced a new 10 Year Health Plan for England, while a recent headline from The Guardian reinforces why we need it: bit.ly/3IbEGGw
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Personal Independence Payment (or #PIP) is not an out-of-work benefit.
Many recipients of PIP already work…
But the clue is in the title: Independence.
Living with a disability comes with a real financial cost. PIP is supposed to help cover that cost, so disabled people can live independently.
Many recipients of PIP already work…
But the clue is in the title: Independence.
Living with a disability comes with a real financial cost. PIP is supposed to help cover that cost, so disabled people can live independently.
June 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Personal Independence Payment (or #PIP) is not an out-of-work benefit.
Many recipients of PIP already work…
But the clue is in the title: Independence.
Living with a disability comes with a real financial cost. PIP is supposed to help cover that cost, so disabled people can live independently.
Many recipients of PIP already work…
But the clue is in the title: Independence.
Living with a disability comes with a real financial cost. PIP is supposed to help cover that cost, so disabled people can live independently.
Every day in the UK, over 240 people wake up after a stroke. Our TV advert captures the catastrophic impact a stroke can have on anyone, at any age, including children.
Our charity is here to help you find your strength through support, no matter how long it takes.
#StrokeAwarenessMonth
Our charity is here to help you find your strength through support, no matter how long it takes.
#StrokeAwarenessMonth
May 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Every day in the UK, over 240 people wake up after a stroke. Our TV advert captures the catastrophic impact a stroke can have on anyone, at any age, including children.
Our charity is here to help you find your strength through support, no matter how long it takes.
#StrokeAwarenessMonth
Our charity is here to help you find your strength through support, no matter how long it takes.
#StrokeAwarenessMonth
One in four strokes happen to people of working age, meaning some survivors have to endure the cost of ill-health, and pay prescription charges for extended periods.
We welcome the Government's decision to freeze prescription charges and keep the monthly cost below £10.
We welcome the Government's decision to freeze prescription charges and keep the monthly cost below £10.
April 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
One in four strokes happen to people of working age, meaning some survivors have to endure the cost of ill-health, and pay prescription charges for extended periods.
We welcome the Government's decision to freeze prescription charges and keep the monthly cost below £10.
We welcome the Government's decision to freeze prescription charges and keep the monthly cost below £10.
Congratulations to physiotherapist, Lauren Lucas!
Now Dr Lauren Lucas, after passing her PhD viva with flying colours yesterday. 👏
We funded Dr Lucas to investigate the relationships between stroke survivors and their therapists, and the effect it can have on long-term recovery.
Now Dr Lauren Lucas, after passing her PhD viva with flying colours yesterday. 👏
We funded Dr Lucas to investigate the relationships between stroke survivors and their therapists, and the effect it can have on long-term recovery.
April 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Congratulations to physiotherapist, Lauren Lucas!
Now Dr Lauren Lucas, after passing her PhD viva with flying colours yesterday. 👏
We funded Dr Lucas to investigate the relationships between stroke survivors and their therapists, and the effect it can have on long-term recovery.
Now Dr Lauren Lucas, after passing her PhD viva with flying colours yesterday. 👏
We funded Dr Lucas to investigate the relationships between stroke survivors and their therapists, and the effect it can have on long-term recovery.
No one plans a stroke. It comes with enormous physical, emotional, and financial costs.
Already, stroke survivors* struggle to access benefits like #PIP - and these cuts will leave more & more families affected by stroke & disability, with less & less. We must do better.
*Cardiovascular disease 👇
Already, stroke survivors* struggle to access benefits like #PIP - and these cuts will leave more & more families affected by stroke & disability, with less & less. We must do better.
*Cardiovascular disease 👇
March 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
No one plans a stroke. It comes with enormous physical, emotional, and financial costs.
Already, stroke survivors* struggle to access benefits like #PIP - and these cuts will leave more & more families affected by stroke & disability, with less & less. We must do better.
*Cardiovascular disease 👇
Already, stroke survivors* struggle to access benefits like #PIP - and these cuts will leave more & more families affected by stroke & disability, with less & less. We must do better.
*Cardiovascular disease 👇
Thank you @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social for raising the challenges faced by Middlesbrough's James Cook Hospital to provide the best quality care for stroke patients and survivors, at #PMQs.
The Government has to #MakeStrokeAPriority in its 10-Year Health Plan. Here's what we recommend: bit.ly/3DqKb2c
The Government has to #MakeStrokeAPriority in its 10-Year Health Plan. Here's what we recommend: bit.ly/3DqKb2c
I recently saw the brilliant neurosciences dept at Middlesbrough's James Cook Hospital.
But it only has 18 rehab beds when the guidelines say it needs 80 beds.
I asked the PM for the resources to develop a world-class new rehabilitation centre to serve Tees Valley.
#PMQs
But it only has 18 rehab beds when the guidelines say it needs 80 beds.
I asked the PM for the resources to develop a world-class new rehabilitation centre to serve Tees Valley.
#PMQs
March 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Thank you @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social for raising the challenges faced by Middlesbrough's James Cook Hospital to provide the best quality care for stroke patients and survivors, at #PMQs.
The Government has to #MakeStrokeAPriority in its 10-Year Health Plan. Here's what we recommend: bit.ly/3DqKb2c
The Government has to #MakeStrokeAPriority in its 10-Year Health Plan. Here's what we recommend: bit.ly/3DqKb2c
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I am proud to support @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social and their work to provide support and campaign on behalf of stroke survivors.
March 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I am proud to support @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social and their work to provide support and campaign on behalf of stroke survivors.
Without urgent action, the Government will not meet its target to reduce heart attack and stroke deaths by 25% by 2035.
Stroke is preventable, treatable, & recoverable. The Government can unlock this potential by developing a road map for stroke.
Our suggestions, @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social. 👇
Stroke is preventable, treatable, & recoverable. The Government can unlock this potential by developing a road map for stroke.
Our suggestions, @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social. 👇
March 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Without urgent action, the Government will not meet its target to reduce heart attack and stroke deaths by 25% by 2035.
Stroke is preventable, treatable, & recoverable. The Government can unlock this potential by developing a road map for stroke.
Our suggestions, @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social. 👇
Stroke is preventable, treatable, & recoverable. The Government can unlock this potential by developing a road map for stroke.
Our suggestions, @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social. 👇
'I had to wait 24 hours for a bed, a month for a scan and, had I not have gone private, over a year for surgery.'
Time is crucial for treatment and recovery, as stroke survivor Kate knows all too well.
We need to #MakeStrokeAPriority to build a pathway that transforms lives. 🧵
Time is crucial for treatment and recovery, as stroke survivor Kate knows all too well.
We need to #MakeStrokeAPriority to build a pathway that transforms lives. 🧵
March 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
'I had to wait 24 hours for a bed, a month for a scan and, had I not have gone private, over a year for surgery.'
Time is crucial for treatment and recovery, as stroke survivor Kate knows all too well.
We need to #MakeStrokeAPriority to build a pathway that transforms lives. 🧵
Time is crucial for treatment and recovery, as stroke survivor Kate knows all too well.
We need to #MakeStrokeAPriority to build a pathway that transforms lives. 🧵
Stroke patients need timely access to vital & life-changing treatments.
Thank you @sarahdykeld.bsky.social for raising ambulance delays in Parliament, and to @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social for responding - we look forward to working with you to #MakeStrokeAPriority & improve ambulance response times.
Thank you @sarahdykeld.bsky.social for raising ambulance delays in Parliament, and to @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social for responding - we look forward to working with you to #MakeStrokeAPriority & improve ambulance response times.
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Stroke patients need timely access to vital & life-changing treatments.
Thank you @sarahdykeld.bsky.social for raising ambulance delays in Parliament, and to @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social for responding - we look forward to working with you to #MakeStrokeAPriority & improve ambulance response times.
Thank you @sarahdykeld.bsky.social for raising ambulance delays in Parliament, and to @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social for responding - we look forward to working with you to #MakeStrokeAPriority & improve ambulance response times.
Being a stroke charity based in UK, we rarely see a Bluesky, so this will have to do. ☁️
Hi. 👋
Hi. 👋
November 14, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Being a stroke charity based in UK, we rarely see a Bluesky, so this will have to do. ☁️
Hi. 👋
Hi. 👋