Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)

Your letter of response (2)

Well done, your knowledge of the national standards and criteria supports that statement in your letter.

Now you wish to explain the basis for this standard.

A reply letter that reads "Dear Mrs Bloggs, Thank you for your letter concerning your father. We accept that stroke unit care is a national standard and can reassure you that our stroke unit meets current criteria. This standard is based on national clinical practice guidelines."

Topic loop:

The Stroke Unit
Royal Hospital
Capital City

Re: Mr Bloggs

Dear Mrs Bloggs,

Thank you for your letter concerning your father. We accept that stroke unit care is a national standard and can reassure you that our stroke unit meets current criteria. This standard is based on national clinical practice guidelines.

Q. Which of the following would give you the appropriate information to support the highlighted statement in your letter above?

National standards and criteria – Wrong

SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network) – Correct – SIGN 108 states that stroke patients requiring hospital admission should be admitted to a stroke unit staffed by a coordinated multidisciplinary team with a specialist interest in stroke care. See the Evidence based guidelines topic loop on the right of this page for further information.

Cochrane Library – Wrong

SSCA (Scottish Stroke Care Audit) – Wrong

MCN (Managed Clinical Network) local action plan – Wrong

Health and safety policy – Wrong

Best practice statement – Wrong

Page last reviewed: 16 Sep 2020