Education And Training

Care after Stroke: Patient and Carer booklet 2nd edition

National Service Framework
Older people's services, standard 5 - stroke.

National Stroke Strategy England 2007.
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 guideto high quality health/social care services

Evidence-based Treatment for Cerebrovascular Disease

Medications used in Stroke

CHSS Stroke booklets

Royal College of Physicians - National clinical guideline for stroke (Third edition)

Royal College of Physicians - National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions clinical guideline

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Primary and Secondary Prevention

Stroke Core Competencies
This e-learning resource provides a learning tool for health and social care staff to enable them to become more knowledgeable and skilful in the challenging area of stroke care. The resource is based on the Stroke Core Competencies which were published by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) in 2005

Stroke Prevention
Stroke Center

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Children and Younger Adults

Stroke in Children
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

Stroke in Children
Guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians, London

Children and stroke
Stroke Association's factsheet on children.

Hemihelp
Offers information and support to children and young people with hemiplegia, to their families or carers and to the professionals who work with them and to increase general awareness of the condition.

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Rehabilitation

Tutorial on Rehabilitation
Dr R S MacWalter

CHSS booklets

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Risk Factors

Stroke Core Competencies
This e-learning resource provides a learning tool for health and social care staff to enable them to become more knowledgeable and skilful in the challenging area of stroke care. The resource is based on the Stroke Core Competencies which were published by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) in 2005

BHS (British Hypertension Society)
Medical and scientific research forum concerning hypertension.

BPA (Blood Pressure Association)
Guidelines, news items and research concerning blood pressure and coronary heart disease

ASH Scotland
Statistics, news and publications concerning smoking.

A Smoking Cessation Policy for Scotland for Scotland
Publisher: ASH Scotland

Smoking cessation guidelines for health professionals: an update (2000)
Publisher: British Thoracic Society

Tobacco Policy and Resources

Smoking Cessation (2002)
Clinical Knowledge Summaries

Tobacco Information Scotland
Tobacco Information Scotland (TIS) is a new initiative from the ASH Scotland

Guidance on the use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and bupropion for smoking cessation (2002)
Publisher: NICE

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Alcohol Information Scotland
Statistics, research, publications, key policy documents and practice guidelines as well as links to useful websites

Alcohol Focus Scotland
Alcohol Focus Scotland is the national voluntary organisation for alcohol issues

Heart UK
Information, guidelines, news and updates concerning cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases

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Healthy Living
(NHS Scotland and Scottish Executive)
Resources, advice and support on healthy eating and physical activity

Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Advice, information, reports and publications concerning healthy eating

Government Publications, Standards and Audit

Managing Long Term Conditions

Report for Auditor General for Scotland 2007

Managing long term conditions - key messages
Report for Auditor General for Scotland Key Messages 2007

Primary Prevention of cardiovascular disease in Scotland 2005
Published on behalf of the Heart Health Executive Group.

Cardiovascular Disease: A Guide to Primary Prevention in Scotland
In 2002 the Scottish Executive launched their National CHD and Stroke Strategy. The first recommendation is that “all NHS Boards should, through their local Managed Clinical Networks, develop explicit CHD and stroke prevention strategies by December 2004."

This cardiovascular disease (CVD) guide was produced to support this process. Although the guide specifically relates to preventing CVD it is important to note that it may also be of use to those involved in wider health improvement and local health improvement planning. It preceded the Strategy and identified the Scottish position on Stroke.

Reducing brian damage : faster access to better stroke care.
Report from the National Audit Office of England.

Scottish Audit of Intracranial Vascular Malformations
(SAIVMs)
SAIVMs is a national clinical audit, which is the result of a multicentre, 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

CHSS Stroke Strategy for Scotland (2002)
Long term plan for Stroke with an emphasis on primary prevention and inequality

Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Strategy for Scotland [2002]
Long term plan for Coronary Heart Disease with an emphasis on primary prevention and inequality

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

Stroke Services Standard: Care of the Patient in the Acute Setting
from NHS Quality Improvement Scotland

NHS QIS Stroke Services: Care of the Patient in the Acute Setting - National overview of all health boards in Scotland and summary report.

Core Competencies for Stroke
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) 2005

Delivery Framework for Adult Rehabilitation
Feb 2007 Scottish Executive

Eating for Health: a diet action plan

Let's Make Scotland More Active
A strategy for physical activity
Physical Activity Task Force (2003)

A breath of fresh air for Scotland.
Improving Scotland's Health:The Challenge.
Tobacco Control Action Plan

Better Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Care: A Consultation Document (2008)
Long term plan for Coronary Heart Disease with an emphasis on primary prevention and inequality.

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Network Sites

North

North of Scotland
Grampian, Highland, Orkney, Shetland, Western Isles

Grampian
Aberdeen, Banff, Fraserburgh, Keith, Elgin, Forres...

NHS Grampian Stroke Managed Clinical Network

Orkney Stroke Managed Clinical Network

Stroke Services in Shetland

NHS Western Isles

South

South of Scotland
Borders, Dumfries & Galloway

Dumfries & Galloway
Dumfries, Annan, Crichton, Kircudbright... None

East of Scotland

Fife NHS Website

Lothian
Edinburgh, Midlothian, West Lothian, East Lothian...

Lothian Stroke Managed Clinical Network

Tayside
Angus, Arbroath, Forfar, Montrose, Dundee, Perth...

Heart & Stroke Information Point

West

Argyll & Clyde, Ayrshire & Arran, Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Forth Valley, Lanarkshire.

Argyll & Clyde
Inverclyde, Paisley, Greenock, Argyll, Bute...

Have a Heart Paisley (HAHP)
A multi-agency, multi-sector partnership National CHD Demonstration Project involving the local community, primary and secondary care and tertiary care.

GG & CLYDE Managed Clinical Network for Stroke

Ayrshire and Arran Managed Clinical Network for Stroke.

GG & CLYDE Managed Clinical Network for Stroke

NHS Forth Valley Board

NHS Lanarkshire Board

The National Advisory Committee on Stroke
The National Advisory Committee on Stroke has been appointed to monitor implementation of the recommendations on stroke contained in the CHD and Stroke Strategy for Scotland, and to advise the Scottish Executive on all matters relating to Stroke Services.

Professional Bodies

BASP (The British Association of Stroke Physicians)
The objective of BASP is to promote the advancement of Stroke Medicine within Great Britain.

Scottish Stroke Nurses Forum (SSNF)
A forum for registered nurses in Scotland with an interest in Stroke

NIMAST
Northern Ireland Multi-disciplinary Association for Stroke Teams

National Stroke Nursing Forum
England and Wales

Scottish Society of Rehabilitation
Provides a multidisciplinary forum for health and social services workers in clinical and academic practice who are interested in effective rehabilitation.

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Research and Education

Stroke Core Competencies
This e-learning resource provides a learning tool for health and social care staff to enable them to become more knowledgeable and skilful in the challenging area of stroke care. The resource is based on the Stroke Core Competencies which were published by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) in 2005

Improving stroke services patients' and carers' views

Improving services for younger stroke survivors and their families

Clinical Trials Resources on the World Wide Web

Cochrane Stroke Group
The Cochrane Stroke Group has been a part of the Cochrane Collaboration since August 1993. The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organisation that aims to help people make well-informed decisions about healthcare by 'preparing, maintaining, and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions'.

Controlled Trials Register
Current Controlled Trials allows users to search, register and share information about randomised controlled trials. Access to all the information on this site is free; charges for the registration services offered by Current Controlled Trials are available on request.

Division of Clinical Neurosciences
The Division of Clinical Neurosciences (DCN) of the University of Edinburgh is a department in the School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, based at the Lothian University Hospitals Trust, Western General Hospital.

Stroke Therapy Evaluation Programme (STEP) (effectivestrokecare.org)
This is a multidisciplinary project which produces a vast number pf systematic reviews of stroke rehabilitation treatments, disseminates the results of relevant rehabilitation research and identifies priority areas for future research into stroke rehabilitation.

Stroke Trials Directory
A continuously updated registry of randomised clinical stroke trials

Stroke Prevention Research Unit
Department of Clinical Neurology
University of Oxford
Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, OX2 6HE, UK
Tel: 01865 224237
F ax: 01865 228572
e-mail: peter.rothwell@clneuro.ox.ac.uk

Stroke Research Network (SRN)
A consortium from Newcastle University, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham University, Glasgow University, Nottingham University and Oxford University have established the Coordinating Centre for the SRN. The SRN Coordinating Centre is based in the Clinical Research Centre, Newcastle University.

Recommended Professional Publications

Full text articles some of these journals can be accessed on line via the OVID databases
You will require an Athens Username and Password which is available to NHS Scotland staff.

Stroke News (Stroke Association newsletter)

Stroke Matters newsletter
For health professional in stroke care.
for or subscriptions email: strokematters@bra.boehringer-ingelheim.com

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

ACNR (Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation)

Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases

Archives of Neurology

Neurology Today

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General Information

BBC Stroke Information Page

Boehringer Ingelheim Corporate stroke website

DVLA At a Glance
Guide to the current medical standards of fitness to drive

NHS Direct Stroke Home page

Netdoctor
Medical information site which covers a wide range of health issues, including stroke

Stroke Information Directory
Dedicated to helping survivors and families find stroke resources online.

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Useful organisations and websites.

American Stroke Association

Aphasia Help
A website for people with aphasia designed by researchers.

Aphasia Now
'Aphasia-friendly' Forum for the Aphasic Community
People with Aphasia helping each other to become independent, communicate with other Aphasic people and overcome Aphasia together

B.A.S.I.C The British Brain and Spinal Injury Charity
BASIC raises funds for research into the brain, provides support and information for those recovering from these conditions

Brainhelp
This is an online forum, and also has self-help groups in Aberdeen, for brain haemorrhage or brain injury sufferers, their families and carers.

British Brain and Spine Foundation
The Brain and Spine Foundation develops research, education and information programmes aimed at improving the prevention, treatment and care of people affected by disorders of the brain and spine.

Connect
Connect is a national charity. Their vision is a world where communication disability is not a barrier to opportunity and fulfillment

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

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Headway The UK Brain Injury Association
Promotes understanding of all aspects of head injury and provides information, support and services to people who have suffered a head injury, their families and carers

The Nerve Centre
Supporting People in Caithness and North Sutherland affected by Neurological Disorders

Northern Ireland Chest, Heart & Stroke Association
Provides stroke rehabilitation groups, subsided holidays in a specific holiday centre and offers a Helpline for chest, heart and stroke sufferers. NICHSA also provides information leaflets, fitness testing, welfare grants and supports medical research

Speakability (formerly Action for Disabled Adults - ADA)
Provides an information service, self-help groups, training and support to professionals working with people with aphasia and campaigns for better services

Stroke Association
Provides information, family support, welfare, stroke clubs and dysphasic support for stroke sufferers in England and Wales

Stroke Survivors International
A reference point for links to other websites containing help and information about strokes

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Statistics

ISD
(Information and Statistic Division)
Gyle Square,
1 South Gyle Crescent,
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB
0131 275 6000
Resource for health and care statistics in Scotland

Stroke section of ISD websiteand links page

GROS
(General Register Office for Scotland)
Contact details available for different statistical requirements from their contacts us page

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