Policy updates

The national stroke strategy for England has tasked professionals across health and social care with improving the outcomes for people affected by stroke. A list of national and regional priorities has been outlined in the recently published operating framework for the NHS in England 2008/09.

Stroke strategies

• National Stroke Strategy for England (2007) 
• Better Heart Disease and Stroke Care Action Plan
• Improving Stroke Services in Northern Ireland (193 kb)

Commissioning guidance

• Providers guidance for stroke services - Asset (1) (2007) 
• Commissioning guidance to stroke services - Asset (2) (2006)

Stroke policy

• The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2008/09
• Mending Hearts and Brains (December 2006)
• National Service Framework for Long-term Conditions (2005)
• Reducing Brain Damage - Faster Access To Better Stroke Care (1446 kb)
• National Service Framework for Older People (510 kb)

Clinical guidelines

• National Audit Office Report - Joining Forces To Deliver Improved Stroke Care (2870 kb)
• British Association of Stroke Physicians: Stroke Service Specification (2005) (37 kb)
• National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke (2008)
• Guidance for the care of older people (607 kb)
• Care and respect every time (211 kb)

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