Stroke constitutes the third leading cause of mortality
in the United Kingdom after coronary heart disease and
cancer. Each year, approximately 140,000 people in the
United Kingdom have a first stroke, and there are close
to 60,000 deaths caused by stroke.1 There are 2 main types
of stroke; haemorrhagic and ischaemic. Haemorrhagic
stroke involves bleeding within the brain and results
from a variety of conditions including uncontrolled