Stroke Treatment Debate
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Lord McColl of Dulwich
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(8 months ago)
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Lord Markham (Con)
The stroke quality improvement for rehabilitation—SQuIRe—services are where we are trying to take best practice from London, France and around the world and roll it out. The good news is that we have the model; it is based on a national model for an integrated community stroke service. We have got that in 65% of locations, with the goal of making it 75%.
Lord McColl of Dulwich (Con)
My Lords, as there are 40 million people at risk of stroke because they are obese or overweight, would it be a good idea for the Government to recommend, as I have done for some time, that people have one fewer meal a day? That would reduce their weight and their expenditure.
Lord Markham (Con)
My noble friend is correct that weight and obesity is a major factor in all sorts of conditions, including strokes. Encouraging people to eat correctly, in a healthy manner, is absolutely the right way to go.
As this is the last time that I will see your Lordships, I wish all noble Lords a happy Easter. I for one am looking forward to the break.