Stroke Improvement Plan

Annex 3 - Resources and References

Stroke in Scotland

Better Heart Disease and Stroke Care Action Plan (June 2009)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/06/29102453/11

ISD Scotland - Stroke
http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Stroke/

Healthcare Improvement Scotland - Stroke service improvement
http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/cardiovascular_disease.aspx

Scottish Stroke Care Standards (updated January 2013)
http://www.strokeaudit.scot.nhs.uk/Quality/130311_ScottishStrokeCareStandards_2013_FinalVersion.pdf

ISD - Scottish Stroke Care Audit
http://www.strokeaudit.scot.nhs.uk/index.html

SIGN Guideline 119: Management of Patients with Stroke: Identification and Management of Dysphagia (June 2010)
http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/119/contents.html

SIGN Guideline 118 - Management of patients with stroke: rehabilitation, prevention and management of complications, and discharge planning (updated March 2011)
http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/118/index.html

SIGN Guideline 108 - Management of patients with stroke or TIA: Assessment, investigation, immediate management and secondary prevention (December 2008)
http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/108/index.html

NHSScotland Local Delivery Plan Guidance
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/11/4395

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0043/00439375.pdf

National Advisory Committee for Stroke
http://scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/Services/Long-Term-Conditions/Stroke

Policy Context

Route Map to the 2020 Vision for Health and Social Care (May 2013)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0042/00423188.pdf

The Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHSScotland (May 2010)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/311667/0098354.pdf

The 3-Step Improvement Framework for Scotland's Public Services (November 2013)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0042/00426552.pdf

2020 Framework for Quality, Efficiency and Value (June 2014)
http://www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk/media/607430/2020framework_12062014_final.pdf

Everyone Matters: 2020 Workforce Vision: Implementation framework and plan 2014-15 (Dec 2013)
http://www.workforcevision.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Implementation-Plan.pdf

Health Inequalities in Scotland (Audit Scotland, December 2012)
http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/health/2012/nr_121213_health_inequalities.pdf

Making it Easy: A Health Literacy Action Plan for Scotland (June 2014)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0045/00451263.pdf

Preventing overweight and obesity route map (February 2010)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/302783/0094795.pdf

Creating a Tobacco-Free Generation: A Tobacco Control Strategy for Scotland (March 2013)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0041/00417331.pdf

Useful Websites

NHSScotland Quality Improvement Hub
http://www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk

Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP)
http://www.scottishpatientsafetyprogramme.scot.nhs.uk

Person Centred Care resources - QI Hub
http://www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk/person-centred.aspx

Everyone Matters: 2020 Workforce Vision
http://www.workforcevision.scot.nhs.uk

The ALISS Project - Accessing Local Information to Support Self management
http://www.aliss.scot.nhs.uk

The Health Foundation
http://www.health.org.uk

Scottish Stroke Research Network
http://www.ssrn.org.uk/

Charter for people living with stroke in Scotland
http://www.strokecharterscotland.org.uk/