Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)

Your letter of response (3)

Well done, your knowledge of clinical guidelines supports that statement in your letter.

Now you wish to explain where the evidence for these guidelines can be found.

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. These guidelines are based on the best available clinical evidence."

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. These guidelines are based on the best available clinical evidence.

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) – Wrong

Cochrane Library – Correct – A Cochrane review states “Stroke patients who receive organised inpatient care in a stroke unit are more likely to be alive, independent, and living at home one year after the stroke”. See the Evidence topic loop for further information.

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