UKNG Home News Archive Filtered results shown below. Filter by type All Annoucement Reccomendation Standard Thrombectomy Trainee Blogs Training Archived by date All November 2024 July 2024 February 2024 October 2023 September 2023 July 2023 March 2023 January 2023 October 2022 September 2022 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 Chair’s Post – Announcing the New Chair of UKNG 25 May 2016 am pleased to inform you that the next Chair of the UKNG will be Dr Peter Flynn from Belfast. Peter and his wife, Karen, will be well known to most of you. Peter has been a regular attender at our meetings for many years and... Read more 51st UKNG Meeting (Manchester) 18 Mar 2016 The 51st UKNG meeting has successfully taken place on 10th-11th June 2016 at the Hilton Deansgate hotel in Manchester. Scietific programme 10/06/2016 (Fri) 9-12... Read more Mechanical Thrombectomy For Treating Acute Ischaemic Stroke – Chair’s Commentary 14 Mar 2016 After a year during which the future for our specialty was difficult envisage, the fog is starting to clear. There is no doubt about the strength of the evidence – I urge you to read the meta-analysis from the HERMES collaboration and... Read more Commentary on HEREMS IPR Meta-analyses of 5 NEJM trials & “Eyes on Evidence” for HTA 08 Mar 2016 HERMES: messenger for stroke interventional treatment. The Lancet, February 18, 2016 Link to original article – http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00351-2 Quotes from tctmd article: In an editorial accompanying the Lancet... Read more NICE Guidance on Mechanical Thrombectomy 28 Feb 2016 National Institue for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published updated guidance on 24th Feb 2016, which approves mechanical clot retrieval to treat eligible stroke patients on NHS. “NICE guidelines set the stage for thrombectomy to... Read more 50th UKNG Meeting (Lisbon) 26 Nov 2015 The 50th UKNG meeting had been successfully held in Lisbon on 20th-21st November. More than 30 members from major UK neuroscience centres who are joined by theirs spouses or partners have attended the 2- day meeting at the beautiful Olissippo... Read more Intercollegiate IA Thrombectomy Guidance 26 Nov 2015 Recent feedback to National Institue for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on Intra-arterial Thrombectomy guidance update has been made on UKNG’s behalf both via British Society of Neuroradiologists (BSNR)/ Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)... Read more Back to News Home First123Last