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Groups offer support to stroke survivors, carers, family and friends. Built on friendships and fun, they are a safe and supportive space to try things again, to learn more about stroke and self-care and to build your confidence as you rebuild your life after stroke.

This event, hosted jointly with the Stroke Association and Kaleidoscope Health and Care, initiated a new shared learning network of best practice across stroke care.

The National Clinical Guidelines outline what good stroke care should look like. If you do not feel you have received the right standard of care, or feel that you have been treated unfairly, you can make a complaint. 

The STEPS service in Northern Ireland will offer emotional support and counselling for stroke survivors and carers/relatives, as well as a series of self-management workshops in partnership with Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke (NICHS).

Our survey of almost 2,000 stroke survivors and their carers from across the UK found that the Covid-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of stroke treatment and care.

Around a third of stroke survivors experience post-stroke depression, and 20% will suffer from emotionalism within six-months of their stroke. Our Emotional Support service can help. If you are involved in planning or providing health and social care, your role is crucial in helping stroke survivors and carers deal with the emotional impact of stroke, which can be just as devastating as the physical.

Our Lectureship awards aim to establish the next generation of research leaders in all disciplines relevant to stroke, supporting mid-career researchers to become experts and train others in their research fields.

How carer, Lea, found support through our online stroke cafes.

Discover how paramedic and research, Dr Graham McClelland, is aiming to improve emergency stroke care.

Trusts in England took part in a national Patient Reported Experience Measures to find out what patients think about their stroke care.