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Six in ten stroke patients face dangerously long waits to be seen in a specialist unit, a study found.
Just 38.3 per cent were admitted within the recommended four hours of arriving in A&E during the first three months of this year.
The figure was down ten percentage points on the same period in 2021.
The average wait was five hours, 17 minutes.
Data from the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, analysed by Labour, covered England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
There are about 100,000 strokes a year in the UK, causing 34,000 deaths.
Just 38.3 per cent of stroke patients were admitted within the recommended four hours of arriving in A&E during the first three months of this year. Picture: file image
Charlotte Nicholls, at the Stroke Association, said: ‘Getting to a stroke unit is vital for receiving appropriate,