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       How to collect evidence for Stroke REDS Service?
       By: admini5 Date: May 11, 2015, 5:21 am
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       The Department of Health’s National Stroke Strategy was launched
       on 5 December 2007. The strategy sets the direction for the
       development of stroke services in England over the next 10
       years. The strategy includes 20 Quality Markers for raising the
       quality of stroke prevention, treatment, care and support over
       the next decade. Many of the local clinicians and commissioners
       were involved in the consultation and development of the
       National Strategy.
       Within this document there is a strong emphasis and
       recommendation that all PCTs in England improve their transfer
       of care arrangements for stroke patients and provide stroke
       specialist rehabilitation immediately after transfer home.
       Healthcare for London’s ‘Stroke rehabilitation guide: supporting
       London commissioners to commission quality services in 2011/12’
       (2009) provides detailed guidance on effective stroke
       rehabilitation, performance standards and clear recommendations
       for ESD action; namely, that every PCT should commission an ESD
       service for people who would benefit. This service should
       include staff with specialist stroke skills and must meet all of
       the performance standards. Although commissioning arrangements
       may change with the advent of clinical commissioning groups the
       Stroke REDS team meets this recommendation. The Stroke REDS Team
       has 8.2 full-time equivalent staff including the following
       professionals who specialise in stroke rehabilitation:
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       For further information, please visit :
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