Stroke is the fourth biggest killer in the UK and a leading cause of disability. 1 in 50 of our residents live with the long-term consequences of the condition.

It has been a longstanding ambition of the Healthier Together Partnership to improve stroke services and outcomes for everyone in our area. The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Stroke Programme Board – made up of people with lived experience of stroke, senior clinicians and staff – has been working together over a number of months to redesign stroke services in line with national standards and ensure that more lives are saved each year.

Following approval from Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG’s Governing Body on 1 June, a formal public consultation ran from 7 June to 3 September 2021. More information about the next steps in our review of stroke services will be available in the coming days.