Scottish Stroke Care Audit


Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme Report - 2019

Download PDF file Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme National Report 2019 [3Mb]

Download PDF file Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme Summary 2019 [346Kb]

Tableau Dashboard

The Tableau based dashboards summarise information about performance against the current Scottish Stroke Care Standards for inpatients and outpatients.  In addition it shows how Health Boards have rated themselves against each component of the Scottish Stroke Improvement Plan. Data is presented at hospital and Health Board level.

The dashboard is available here.

Data tables/charts from the Report

Introduction

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Supplementary

About this Release

The Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme 2019 Annual Report includes data, from the Scottish Stroke Care Audit, describing the quality of stroke care in each acute hospital, grouped by Health Board, during 2018, measuring each hospital against Scottish Stroke Care Standards (2016).

Key Points

  • During 2018 9,641 stroke patients were admitted to Scottish hospitals. An additional 1,085 were seen at neurovascular (TIA) clinics.
  • Across Scotland stroke care bundle performance has improved from 65% in 2017 to 68% in 2018 but falls short of the 80% standard.
  • The number of patients receiving thrombolysis was 1,033 in 2018, similar to the number in 2017 (1,056).
  • Of these patients, 60% were thrombolysed within one hour of arrival at hospital (door to needle (DTN) time 59% in 2017), a similar rate to the rest of the UK (61%).
  • 2 hospitals exceeded the standard of 80% thrombolysed within one hour of arrival at hospital in 2018.

Percentage of stroke patients receiving an appropriate stroke care bundle, 2017 and 2018 data (based on final diagnosis).

 

Background

The SSCA monitors the quality of care provided by the hospitals in all Health Boards by collating data collected by the stroke Managed Clinical Networks (MCNs). These data are used by the Scottish Government to monitor progress against the Scottish Stroke Care Standards (2013) and the Scottish Stroke Improvement Plan (2014).

Health Boards are expected to identify aspects of their stroke services which do not meet the Scottish Standards and to work with their stroke MCNs to improve their standards of care locally.

Contacts

Name/email   Telephone
Dr Mark Barber SSCA Clinical Lead 01236 748 748
Neil Muir Clinical Coordinator 0131 275 6089
David Murphy Senior Information Analyst 0131 275 6624
Iain McDermid Information Analyst 0131 275 6684