Stroke Sufferers

None that will add to what I was going to say, but I thank my hon. Friend for his helpful intervention. There have already been encouraging signs of early progress. The 2008 National Sentinel audit of stroke states that almost every hospital now has an acute stroke unit, and that, between 2006 and 2008, there were substantial improvements in organisational scores on the provision of and access to minor stroke services. We expect that the strategy's implementation could prevent 6,800 deaths or cases of disability. A further 1,600 strokes could be averted through preventive work. I shall finish with a quote from Jon Barrick, the chief executive of the Stroke Association. He has said of the strategy that this is a ““historic time for stroke”” and a"““momentous opportunity to transform the outcomes and lives of stroke survivors in this country.””"