Fewer but better clinics ‘will save more stroke victims’

Dozens of units should be shut and reorganised into centres of excellence to lift survival rates, says charityDozens of hospital stroke units should be shut and the service reorganised into fewer centres of excellence in order to improve care, the charity representing stroke survivors has insisted.Centralising stroke treatment at a much smaller number of hospitals will increase patients’ chances of survival and reduce their risk of long-term disability, the Stroke Association says. Continu