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DrÌýMark PorterÌýgives listeners the low-down on what the medical profession does and doesn't know. Each week an expert in the studio tacklesÌýa particular topic and there are reports from around the UK on the health of the nation - and the NHS.
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"I spend half my week practising medicine and the other half writing and talking about it as a GP in Gloucestershire. Working on Case Notes has been a boon for both me and my patients. One of the principal aims of the programme is to keep our listeners up-to-date with the latest developments in healthcare, and to accomplish that I get to interview a wide range of specialists at the cutting edge of medicine. A rare privilege that ensures our listeners aren't the only ones to learn something new."
Mark Porter
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 Full programme transcript >>
Stroke
Every 3 minutes someone in the UK has a stroke. The majority of these people are over 65, but strokes can happen at any age, even in children. It is the major cause of severe disability and over a quarter of a million people live with problems as a result of a stroke. When a stroke occurs the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. Without a blood supply brain cells are damaged or destroyed.
National Audit Office report
A recent report - from the National Audit Office - has called for the treatment of stroke to be given a higher priority by the health and social services. It says that many hospitals do not have staff with the skills to give stroke the attention it needs.
Need for speedy treatment
For a stroke victim to have the best chance of survival the treatment needs to start within three hours. Few members of the general public can recognise when someone is having a stroke, that it is an emergency and that they should call the emergency services.
Raising awareness
In Case Notes this week Dr Mark Porter talks to doctors who specialise in the treatment of stroke and asks how the awareness of the condition could be raised amongst the public and amongst the medical profession.
Rehabilitation
Many patients benefit from long term rehabilitation to get back the speech or movement they have lost following a stroke.
Needs of younger peopleÌý
Mark Porter will be exploring why some patients are not receiving the appropriate assistance. He'll be looking in particular at the needs of younger people who have had strokes.
Reducing risk
And he'll finding out how people can reduce their risks of having a stroke. Conditions such as diabetes and high cholesterol, and having a family history, increase risk.
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Check Up this week is also on stroke. If you would like to contact the phone-in programme, call 08700-100-444 from 1.30-3.30pm on the day of broadcastÌý(Thursday 9th February 2006)Ìýor email via the Check Up webpage.
Next week's topic: Body Temperature
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