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See our standards and guidelines page for more details. Read more UKNG Paediatric MT Guidelines 08 Feb 2021 A New UKNG Guidance Document for Paediatric Mechanical Thrombectomy has been published. Please see the Standards and Guidelines page for more details. https://ukng.org.uk/about/standards_guidelines.aspx Read more New UKNG Treasurer Announced 19 Oct 2020 Congratulations to Peter Flynn who has been elected unopposed as the next treasurer of UKNG. Read more Applications Now Closed for UKNG Treasurer Position 30 Sep 2020 Applications Closed After many years of sterling service to the UKNG, Dr Andy Clifton is stepping down as Treasurer. We thank him enormously for his tremendous service to and support of the UKNG over many years and wish Andy and Lorraine all the best for the... Read more Call for an INR to join the BSNR Standards Committee on behalf of the UKNG 02 Jul 2020 Dr Hannah Stockley is stepping down from her role as UKNG representative on the BSNR standards committee after many years hard work. We would like to invite any interested INRs who would like to take up this vacancy on the committee to... Read more First Virtual UKNG meeting a success 27 Jun 2020 The first Virtual UKNG meeting occured on Friday 26th June. Interesting talks on the effect of the Covid pandemic were enjoyed by delegates, including how INR services in France have been affected by Prof Mohammed Aggour and... Read more Virtual UKNG 26th June 01 May 2020 A virtual UKNG meeting has been announced for Friday 26th June PM to replace the cancelled Manchester UKNG meeting. Further details and agenda will be announced shortly. Read more 59th UKNG Manchester June 2020 15 Apr 2020 59th UKNG Manchester June 2020 Unfortunately this meeting has been postponed due to the ongoing Coronavirus crisis. Further details about meeting arrangements will be provided in due course. Read more 55th UKNG Meeting (Canary Wharf, London) 25 Apr 2018 The 55th UKNG meeting was successfully held on 08/06 and 09/06 (Friday & Saturday) at the Hilton London Canary Wharf . This meeting was hosted by the team from Queens, Romford. External speakers Shahram and... Read more Guidance to help speed up rollout of vital life-changing stroke treatment 24 Jan 2018 Emergency mechanical thrombectomy removes blood clots in the brain and dramatically increases a stroke patient’s chance of a full recovery We do not have enough skilled doctors to provide the procedure – NHS England plans to roll out... Read more 54th UKNG Meeting (Preston) 22 Sep 2017 The 54th UKNG meeting was successfully held on Friday Nov 24th and Saturday 25th 2017 at the Preston Marriott. Preston Marriott. Garstang Rd, Broughton, Preston PR3 5JB Read more NHS England announced specialised commissioning of mechanical thrombectomy for acute stroke 17 Apr 2017 NHS England has announced that it will commission mechanical thrombectomy so it can become more widely available for eligible patients. Work by NHS England is now underway to assess the readiness of each of the 24 neuroscience centres across the... Read more 53rd UKNG Meeting (Bristol) 02 Feb 2017 The June UKNG has been successfully held in Bristol on 9th/10th June Thanks to Shelley, Marcus and Alex and their excellent work. UKNG committee Read more 52nd UKNG Meeting (Hull) 02 Nov 2016 The 52nd UKNG meeting was successfully held on Friday Nov 25th and Saturday 26th. The meeting started at 2.30 pm on Friday (25th November) & finished with lunch on Saturday at Cave Castle Hotel & Country Club, South Cave, Brough,... Read more Standard of Acute Ischaemic Stroke Thrombectomy Service 19 Oct 2016 The latest version of standards for providing safe acute ischaemic stroke thrombectomy services, endorsed by BSNR, UKNG, BASP, NAAGBI and Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party, is now available for online download. Click here to view the full... Read more BSNR Training Guidance for Mechanical Thrombectomy 19 Oct 2016 Guidance for practitioners seeking training to participate in an acute ischaemic stroke thrombectomy service in the UK. Produced by members of the UK Neurointerventional Group (UKNG) and British Society of Neuroradiologists... Read more Revamped UK Flow Diverter Registry 19 Aug 2016 Dear Colleagues, The UKNG FD Registry is now live in revamped professional format. Please follow the link to get a login assigned Best wishes, Phil Read more 51st UKNG Meeting (Manchester) Scientific Programme & Speakers 14 Jun 2016 Technique Arc-061 suction stentriever experience – Dr Sanjeev Nayak Difficult aneurysm – Dr Tufail Patankar Web audit – Dr Tufail Patankar High resolution vessel wall imaging – Dr Rekha... Read more Back to News Home First12Last