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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