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Dr Tom Hughes Consultant Neurologist Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust

Dr Tom Hughes Consultant Neurologist Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. Update on Stroke in Wales. RCP Audit. Remember the stories bit?. Five key characteristics chosen from the Stroke Unit Trialists' Collaboration (SUTC) are:. Consultant physician with responsibility for stroke

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Dr Tom Hughes Consultant Neurologist Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust

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  1. Dr Tom HughesConsultant NeurologistCardiff and Vale NHS Trust Update on Stroke in Wales

  2. RCP Audit Remember the stories bit?

  3. Five key characteristics chosen from the Stroke Unit Trialists' Collaboration (SUTC) are: • Consultant physician with responsibility for stroke • Formal links with patient and carer organisations • Multidisciplinary meetings at least weekly to plan patient care • Provision of information to patients about stroke • Continuing education programmes for staff

  4. 5 Acute Criteria of acute and combined stroke units: These criteria are not all evidence based but were developed using the consensus of an expert working group – the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party: • Continuous physiological monitoring (ECG, oximetry, blood pressure) • Access to scanning within 3 hours of admission • Direct admission from A&E/front door • Specialist ward rounds at least 5 times a week • Acute stroke protocols/guidelines

  5. Numbers are levers • Good data is valuable • It tells stories without then need for many words • It should become part of routine practice Thank You

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