Profession specific and concise guides

Key Recommendations

This concise guide contains 30 key recommendations identified by the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party, which, if followed, will enhance the quality of stroke care. They have been extracted from the National Clinical Guideline for Stroke, 5^th edition, which contains over 400 recommendations covering almost every aspect of stroke management. The reference number of each recommendation is provided so that they can be found in the main guideline. The concise guide should not be read in isolation, and members of the stroke multidisciplinary team should consider the guideline in full.

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Profession specific concise guides for stroke

The profession-specific concise guides include recommendations extracted from the National Clinical Guideline for Stroke, 5^th edition, which contains over 400 recommendations covering almost every aspect of stroke management. The recommendations included in each of these guides contain guidance with direct implications for professionals in: Psychology, Speech and language therapy, Nutrition and dietetics, Orthoptics, Occupational therapy, Primary care, Physiotherapy, Commissioning. These guides should not be read in isolation, and as members of the stroke multidisciplinary team, the guideline should be considered in full.