Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of stroke patients treated by the Greenwich & Lewisham NHS Trust received thrombectomy treatment in the most recent year for which figures are available.

The NHS Long Term Plan committed to increase the delivery of mechanical thrombectomy for suitable ischaemic stroke patients by 10%. Thrombectomy is available in 24 centres in England, with two non-neuroscience centres currently under development to improve access. The latest data shows that 2.8% of patients are receiving a thrombectomy following a stroke.

Information on stroke patients requiring thrombectomy treatment in Lewisham East is not held in the format requested. In 2020/21, no stroke patients treated by the Greenwich and Lewisham NHS Trust received thrombectomy treatment.