MALCOLM MOSS MP SPEAKS OUT ON STROKE SERVICE

LOCAL MP PRAISES NHS CAMBRIDGESHIRE IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST ONE OF BRITAINS BIGGEST KILLERS

North East Cambridgeshire MP Malcolm Moss contributed in yesterday’s debate on stroke services in the House of Commons.

It is a little known fact that strokes are one of the most widespread and expensive conditions in the UK, costing the nation around £7 billion every single year. On current trends the prevalence is set to increase at a worrying rate. Years of neglect in this area of public health policy have left the UK with the unenviable reputation of having some of the worst outcomes for stroke patients in the whole of Western Europe.

Malcolm Moss MP welcomed the National Stroke Strategy, which was launched at the end of 2007.

During the debate he said that ‘it is absolutely crucial, as many contributors to this debate have said, that stroke victims are seen as quickly as possible. In that regard, I think that FAST, the new TV campaign, which has been mentioned on many occasions, has been successful.’

Malcolm Moss also praised the work of the local Primary Care Trust during the House of Commons debate:

‘I am pleased to say that NHS Cambridgeshire, my local primary care trust, has responded positively through its newly published strategy. NHS Cambridgeshire recently began a specific initiative in the 20% most deprived practices to implement vascular risk checks and proactively identify more people with risk factors for Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD) who will then be added to the CVD risk register. It intends to offer practices a range of options for providing vascular risk checks to those people aged 40 to 70 years old.’