North East stroke patients set to benefit from telemedicine expansion

Stroke patients across the North East are set to benefit from the expansion of a successful telemedicine project in the hope of speeding up care and improving patient outcomes. North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is working with the region’s Integrated Stroke Delivery Network (ISDN) to implement audio-visual calling from the ambulance to the stroke unit to improve emergency stroke care, having been one of five ambulance services nationally to be awarded funding from NHS England. NEAS has a long track ...