Table 1 Stroke unit definition from Acute Stroke Services Framework
All hospitals | Large hospitals (100+ patients/year) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Does your hospital have a specialized stroke unit?a | Yes N = 74 n (%) | No N = 114 n (%) | Yes N = 65 n (%) | No N = 16 n (%) |
Minimum criteria | ||||
1. Co-located beds within a geographically defined unit. | 72 (97) | 13 (11) | 64 (98) | 3 (19) |
2. Dedicated, interprofessional team with members who have a special interest in stroke and/or rehabilitation. The minimum team would consist of medical, nursing and allied health (including OT, PT, SP, SW & DT) | 69 (93) | 27 (24) | 61 (94) | 9 (56) |
3. Interprofessional team meets at least once per week to discuss patient care. | 72 (97) | 69 (61) | 64 (99) | 15 (94) |
4. Regular programs of staff education and training relating to stroke, (e.g., dedicated stroke inservice program and/or access to annual national or regional stroke conference) | 70 (95) | 35 (31) | 61 (94) | 7 (44) |
Hospitals meets all minimum criteria listed above (1–4) | 66 (89) | 3 (3) | 59 (91) | 2 (13) |