Other characteristics of stroke units (n = 175) from the National Stroke Audit, 2001–2
| % (n) | |
|---|---|
| Routine access to specialist nursing for: | |
| Continence advice | 65% (n = 113) |
| Pressure sore prevention | 76% (n = 133) |
| Stroke care | 69% (n = 121) |
| Social worker attached to multidisciplinary team | 63% (n = 111) |
| In-house training for: | |
| Qualified staff | 74% (n = 129) |
| Unqualified staff | 64% (n = 112) |
| All professions contribute to a single set of notes | 54% (n = 94) |
| Team meetings at least once a week for interchange of information about individual patients | 82% (n = 144) |
| Disciplines which regularly attend team meetings | |
| Clinical psychology | 13% (n = 23) |
| Dietetics | 37% (n = 64) |
| Medicine (senior doctor) | 81% (n = 142) |
| Nursing | 84% (n = 147) |
| Occupational therapy | 82% (n = 144) |
| Physiotherapy | 83% (n = 145) |
| Social work | 59% (n = 103) |
| Speech and language therapy | 63% (n = 111) |
| Reference information on functional tools used locally | 69% (n = 121) |
| Practice guidelines on | |
| Clinical management of stroke | 77% (n = 135) |
| Continence management | 70% (n = 123) |
| Swallowing difficulties | 81% (n = 141) |
| Pressure area care | 82% (n = 143) |
| Up to date information on local and national patients’/carers’support organisations | 79% (n = 139) |
| Records of all patient’s management in acute phase | 80% (n = 140) |
| Patient access to management plan | 62% (n = 108) |
| Patient information literature displayed in unit on | |
| Condition specific literature on stroke | 85% (n = 148) |
| Patient versions of national or local guidelines/standards | 43% (n = 76) |
| Social services local community care arrangements | 58% (n = 102) |
| The Benefits Agency | 56% (n = 98) |
| Local voluntary agencies | 70% (n = 122) |
| How to complain | 78% (n = 136) |