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Anatomy and Physiology

Neurological Disorders
The Merck Manual

Stroke Center
Anatomy of the brain and blood vessels

The Whole Brain Atlas
Anatomy of the brain and blood vessels

Guidelines for Management

Best Practice Statement on "Pain Management Following Acute Stroke" (University of Glasgow and NHS Quality Improvement 2011)

Best Practice Statement on "End of Life Care Following Acute Stroke" (University of Glasgow and NHS Quality Improvement 2010)

Clinical Standards for Stroke Services: Care of the Patient in the Acute Setting (NHS QIS update 2009)

Joint British Societies Guidelines on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Clinical Practice (JBS2) (2005)

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

National Stroke Strategy England 2007

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

Road to Recovery - Hard to Swallow NHS QIS Jan 2007
A review of issues relevant to allied health professionals and nurses

Royal College of Physicians - National Clinical Guideline for Stroke (3rd edition)

Royal College of Physicians- Guidelines for Stroke in Children

Government Publications

Better Heart Disease and Stroke Care Action Plan
Launched by The Scottish Government in June 2009

Coronary Heart Disease / Stroke Strategy for Scotland (2002)
Long term plan for Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke with an emphasis on primary prevention and inequality

Coronary Heart Disease / Stroke Strategy for Scotland Update (2004)
Update on the progress of the Scottish Strategy

Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: We Must go Further (2006)
The Heart Health Network Executive Group

Reducing Brain Damage : Faster Access to Better Stroke Care
Report from the National Audit Office of England

Scottish Audit of Intracranial Vascular Malformations
(SAIVMs)
National clinical audit, which is the result of a multi centre, multidisciplinary collaboration between representatives of the four Scottish neuroscience centres, other relevant specialists throughout NHS Scotland, patients and general practitioners (GPs)

Scottish Stroke Care Audit website

Aphasia Now
Aphasia-friendly forum for the aphasic community

British Brain and Spinal Injury Charity (B.A.S.I.C)

British Brain and Spine Foundation

Connect

Different Strokes
For young people with strokes, run by young people with strokes

Headway: The UK Brain Injury Association

Hemihelp
Offers information and support to children and young people with hemiplegia

Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke Association

Speakability

Stroke Association

Useful Websites

Boehringer Ingelheim Corporate Stroke Website

National Advisory Committee on Stroke

STARs website
Comprehensive e–learning study resource based on the Stroke Core Competencies

Talking Heads (Rebuilding Language After Stroke)
Video featuring patients, who have lost various aspects of their speech, rebuilding language after having had a stroke.

Thrombosis Adviser
A resource for patients and doctors about thrombosis

Education And Training