{"id":120439,"date":"2025-09-05T09:37:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/120439\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:37:48","slug":"diagnostic-software-triples-rate-of-full-recovery-in-stroke-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/120439\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagnostic software triples rate of full recovery in stroke patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Half of stroke patients can now \u201cfully recover\u201d after the NHS introduced \u201crevolutionary\u201d software that allows patients to receive a diagnosis up to one hour faster compared with traditional methods. <\/p>\n

Analysis from NHS England has found that the specialised AI-assisted tool has been used to interpret the brain scans of more than 60,000 patients since the roll-out last summer, as half of stroke patients now receive a diagnosis from the software. <\/p>\n

The service, available in 100 NHS<\/a> stroke clinics, allows for rapid processing and interpretation of brain scans, which helps doctors to make faster decisions about treatment. <\/p>\n

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A stroke occurs when blood supply to part of the brain is cut off<\/p>\n

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The improved scans mean that patients can now get a diagnosis up to an hour faster than when they are diagnosed with traditional methods. <\/p>\n

During a stroke, the blood supply to parts of the brain is blocked or reduced, causing the brain cells to die. Without fast treatment, a stroke can result in death or long-term disabilities such as memory loss, problems communicating or paralysis. <\/p>\n

The software<\/a> has been hailed as \u201crevolutionising\u201d stroke care, as it has been shown to triple the chance of patients making a full recovery \u2014 defined as living with either no or slight disability after a stroke. <\/p>\n

David Hargroves, NHS England\u2019s national clinical director for stroke, said: \u201cThis AI-assisted technology is revolutionising how we help people who have had a stroke because it is estimated they are losing around two million brain cells a minute, which is why rapid diagnosis and treatment is critical.<\/p>\n

\"Doctors<\/p>\n

The service allows for rapid processing and interpretation of brain scans<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve seen first-hand how using AI<\/a> decision support software is enabling real-time interpretation of patients\u2019 brain scans, supporting expert doctors and other NHS staff to make faster treatment decisions. <\/p>\n

\u201cNHS stroke teams have been leading the way in rolling out AI, and with every stroke centre now using the technology, it is already playing a key role in improving the care of thousands of people who have a stroke in England every year.\u201d<\/p>\n

NHSE has credited the software with helping to improve stroke outcomes, as its analysis showed an sharp increase in the numbers of people making a full recovery, from 16 per cent to 48 per cent.<\/p>\n

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The number of people receiving thrombolysis \u2014 a treatment for stroke where a drug is used to break down the clot \u2014 has also increased from 11.6 per cent last year to 12.3 per cent in 2024-2025. <\/p>\n

More than 60,000 people have had strokes diagnosed or ruled out since the roll-out of the software last summer.<\/p>\n

\"Doctor<\/p>\n

Strokes result in almost 40,000 deaths a year<\/p>\n

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Stroke is the fourth-leading cause of death in the UK<\/a>, and result in about 38,000 deaths each year. <\/p>\n

Shawn Theoff, from Canterbury, said the software had given him a \u201clifeline\u201d; he received an AI-assisted diagnosis when he had a stroke<\/a> shortly after returning from holiday. <\/p>\n

When Theoff, aged in his fifties, arrived at hospital for treatment, he was taken for a scan and a stroke was diagnosed. He was able to quickly access treatment at Kent and Canterbury Hospital, where he spent less than 48 hours before he returned home. <\/p>\n

Theoff said: \u201cI can\u2019t thank the staff enough and I really feel that the speed of treatment I received has helped with my recovery. I was up and walking about in the ward really quickly and I feel so lucky \u2014 I could\u2019ve had serious issues. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe treatment I got has given me a lifeline and I\u2019m so thankful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Half of stroke patients can now \u201cfully recover\u201d after the NHS introduced \u201crevolutionary\u201d software that allows patients to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,137,500],"class_list":["post-120439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}