More Efforts Needed in the United Kingdom to Achieve Timely Surgery After TIA

"I am romantic about the NHS; I love it. All I need to do to rediscover the romance is to look at health care in my own country." Donald Berwick, MD, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Patients in the United Kingdom are waiting longer than the recommended 14 days to receive vascular surgery after symptoms of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), results of a new audit show, and renewed efforts are needed if the United Kingdom is to meet these standards, according to a related editorial in the July 31, 2010, of The Lancet.

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