In the summer of 2007, the Department of Health undertook a public consultation on the first ever National Stroke Strategy for England. During this period The Stroke Association encouraged stroke survivors and carers to respond, and then collated over 500 individual and collective submissions. This response was overwhelming, and the depth of feeling was apparent…
Published in June 2010, the Welsh Assembly Action Plan for Stroke highlights that Strokes are the leading cause of adult disability in Wales and the third most common cause of death. The aim of the action plan is to reduce the number of cases of stroke and the number of stroke related deaths. It will…
The purpose of this Welsh Health Circular (WHC) is to build on the 2007-08 requirements of WHC (2007) 58 by setting out a formal programme of work to improve services for patients who are at risk of, or who have had a stroke. View it here.
These Northern Ireland recommendations seek to make improvements in the key areas of prevention; treatment and rehabilitation of stroke patients. Achieving this will require a significant service re-organisation and re-design so that the whole system, including primary, community, secondary, voluntary and independent sectors as well as other statutory bodies, work collaboratively, in partnership to provide…
This national strategy is intended to provide a quality framework to secure improvements to stroke services, to provide guidance and support to commissioners and strategic health authorities and social care, and inform the expectations of patients and their families by providing a guide to high quality health/social care services. The Strategy and related documents can…
This Strategy document updates the 2002 Strategy for CHD and Stroke Care in Scotland. It can be downloaded from the Scottish Government Website.
In 2002, the Scottish Executive (now Scottish Government) published its Strategy for reducing the incidence and improving the care of Coronary heart disease and Stroke. The Strategy can be viewed here.
There is strong evidence that well organised stroke care improves the outcome of patients having a stroke. In Scotland, the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) and NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHSQIS) have developed guidelines and standards aimed at delivering that care. New NHSQIS standards based on the new SIGN Guidelines have been published in 2009.…
