Act FAST stroke campaign relaunched
Monday 28th February 2011
The Act FAST campaign, which raises awareness of strokes, will screen again in 2011, health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced.
Act FAST is an award winning campaign designed to stress the importance of getting those suffering a stroke to hospital quickly and is to be screened again for three weeks in March.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said: "The Act FAST campaign is an effective campaign to help improve stroke outcomes - in the campaign's first four months alone stroke related calls to the ambulance service increased by more than 55 per cent.
"As part of our wider strategy to improve outcomes for stroke, re-running this campaign will save lives," he added.
Meanwhile, researchers from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium carried out an analysis on driving after a stroke and found that 54 per cent of individuals passed the on-road evaluation around nine months after the event.
Written by Martin Lambert
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