UKNG Home News Archive Filtered results shown below. Filter by type All Annoucement Reccomendation Standard Thrombectomy Trainee Blogs Training Archived by date All July 2022 April 2022 January 2022 November 2021 October 2021 June 2021 February 2021 October 2020 September 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 April 2018 January 2018 September 2017 April 2017 February 2017 November 2016 October 2016 August 2016 June 2016 May 2016 March 2016 February 2016 November 2015 Saving Brains - Stroke Association 29 Jul 2022 Stroke Association release their Saving Brains Report "Read about how truly life-changing thrombectomy can be. And meet the amazing people working tirelessly to improve outcomes for stroke patients, under challenging circumstances and often... Read more Current status of the credential “mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke” 26 Apr 2022 What factors are preventing approval of training for non-radiologists to perform MT in the UK? Click to read Current status of the credential “mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke” sponsored by the Royal College of Radiologists. What factors are preventing approval of training for non-radiologists to perform MT... Read more The Credential INR (Acute Stroke) sponsored by the Royal College of Radiologists: not as simple as it seemed. UKNG Document. 13 Apr 2022 The Credential INR (Acute Stroke) sponsored by the Royal College of Radiologists: not as simple as it seemed. What factors are preventing approval of training for non-radiologists to perform MT in the UK (and will further delay the establishment of... Read more New Year Message from Chair and Committee 10 Jan 2022 Dear UKNG Colleagues & Friends 2021 was I’m sure for many of us a tough year with the initial enthusiasm to face & tackle COVID pandemic becoming rather a long hard slog with little appreciation or support let alone reward! I... Read more RCR iRefer reviews: call for engagement 17 Nov 2021 RCR iRefer reviews: call for engagement See RCR letter for further information Read more Safe provision of mechanical thrombectomy services consensus guidance 2021 06 Oct 2021 To support safe provision of mechanical thrombectomy services for patients with acute ischaemic stroke: 2021 consensus guidance from BASP, BSNR, ICSWP, NACCS, and UKNG New consensus guidelines are available to download here Read more Intensive Care guidance for VITT published 09 Jun 2021 Intensive Care guidance for the management of vaccine induced immune-thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) guidelines published. 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 Back to News Home First12Last