- Increase
awareness of stroke in North Manchester and
elsewhere
- Promote
the development of an integrated stroke service
in North Manchester
- Promote
and support a multi-disciplinary Stroke Team
working in hospital and the community
- Give
advice and support to stroke patients, their
carers and others
- Promote
training in stroke care
- Develop
in-house training for members of the stroke
team
- Promote
evidence-based stroke care
- Improve
stroke care through regular audit
- Advance
stroke knowledge and practice through research
- Develop
links with other stroke groups locally, nationally
and internationally
- Establish
links with voluntary organisations involved
in stroke e.g. Stroke Association, Different
Strokes, etc
- Develop
and support a community user group for stroke
(Stroke Club)
- Reduce
the burden of stroke in North Manchester
Membership
of the Stroke Council is open to all patients,
carers, healthcare professionals involved in stroke
care, members of staff of North Manchester General
Hospital, general practitioners, members of the
community stroke team and interested members of
the public. Officers of the Stroke Council include
patients' and carers' representatives as well
as members of various healthcare professions.
The
council meets regularly (monthly) and supports
The North Manchester Stroke Club, a 24-hour Stroke
Help-line (for patients discharged from North
Manchester General Hospital) and publishes a Stroke
Newsletter.
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