All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Stroke Services

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Stroke Services in Wales An Update Anne Freeman Consultant Physician Royal Gwent Hospital Clinical Lead AWSSIC Slide 1

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative RCP Audit 2008 Organisational Report August 2008 Stroke Unit provision in UK Hospitals % of sites with stroke unit 2006 England 98% Wales 50% N Ireland 92% 2008 96% 45% 92% % of sites with stroke units who have all 5 SUTC characteristics England 73% Wales 80% N Ireland 64% Slide 2

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Criteria for judging quality of acute and combined stroke units (SUTC characteristics)` These characteristics are not all evidence based but were developed using the consensus of an expert working group – the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party: Continuous physiological monitoring (ECG, oximetry, blood pressure) • Access to scanning within 3 hours of admission • Policy for direct admission from A&E/front door • Specialist ward rounds at least 5 times a week • Acute stroke protocols/guidelines • Slide 3

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative ORGANISATION OF STROKE CARE BY DOMAINS 8 areas assessed by the proforma 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Slide 4 Acute Stroke Care Organisation of Care Consultant physician time (overall) Inter disciplinary Services (for sites with a stroke unit) TIA/neurovascular Services Continuing Education in stroke Team working –Team meetings Communication with Patients and Carers

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Range of Scores for Wales Range across 20 units: 23 -77 (evenly distribributed) England Median about 75 (50 -90) Northern Ireland Range about 15 - 78 Slide 5

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Changes from 2006 in Wales 2008 • 13 sites in bottom range • 6 sites in middle range • 1 top range Change from 2006 • • 1 site moved up to top 3 sites moved up to middle 1 site moved down to bottom All others stayed the same Slide 6

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Top Ten Recommendations 1. All patients with acute stroke should be admitted directly to an acute stroke unit 2. Thrombolysis should only be provided when all the other components of acute stroke care of high quality 3. Comply with the recommendations in the NICE guidelines for Acute Stroke and TIA 4. Development of seven day rehabilitation services should be made a priority 5. Stroke services should urgently review policies that exclude certain groups from admission to the stroke unit Slide 7

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Recommendations continued 6. Patients without stroke should not occupy beds on the stroke unit while stroke patients are managed off the unit 7. Levels of nurse staffing on acute stroke units needs to be increased in many units 8. Social worker involvement as an integral part of the stroke team is essential and should be mandatory for every stroke service 9. Early supported discharge services should be made available for all patients 10. All services managing patients with TIA should have systems in place in line with the recommendations in the National Stroke Strategy and the NICE guidelines for Acute Stroke and TIA. Slide 8

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Further details http: //sentinelstrokeaudit. rcplondon. ac. uk Slide 9

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative RCP Process Audit 2008 Clinico-demographic results National Sites (Patients) England Wales N. Ireland 216 184 18 11 11, 369 10, 007 863 355 % new institutionalised on D/C 11 12 7 11 % D/C Barthel of 20 39 39 45 41 % D/C Barthel of <10 17 17 12 19 76. 5 75. 6 74. 7 73. 6 24 23 25 25 Mean Age Mean LOS to D/C or death Slide 10

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative RCP Process Audit 2008 Overall results for 9 key process indicators in 2008 National England Patients- 90% stay in a stroke unit 58 59 41 59 Screened for swallow within 24 hrs adm 72 74 52 70 Brain Scan < 24 hrs 59 59 54 56 Aspirin < 24 hrs 85 85 85 82 PT Assessment <72 hours adm 84 85 70 85 OT Assessment < 4 working days adm 66 68 43 73 Weighed 72 73 59 68 Mood Assessed by discharge 65 66 46 80 Rehab Goals set by MDT 86 87 74 83 Average for 9 indicators 72 73 58 73 Slide 11 Wales N. Ireland

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Results in Wales since 2004 Patients 2004 2006 2008 667 925 863 N/A 39 41 51 55 52 not comparable 38 50 1 Patients – 90% stay in a stroke unit 2 Swallow screen within 24 hrs of admission 3 Brain scan < 24 hours of stroke 4 Aspirin by 48 hours of stroke 73 76 85 5 PT assessment < 72 hrs of admission 49 54 70 6 OT assessment < 4 working days of admission N/A 30 43 7 Weighed 51 54 59 8 Mood assessment by discharge 47 53 46 9 Rehab goals agreed by MDT 67 70 74 Slide 12

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Site variation for the process domains in 2008 Slide 13

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative How domain scores are obtained D 1 Initial patient assessment Screen for swallowing 24 hours Visual Fields Sensory Testing Brain scan within 24 hours of stroke D 2 Multi-disciplinary assessment Swallow assessment by SALT within 72 hours PT assessment within 72 hours Initial assessment of communication by 7 days OT assessment within 4 working days SW assessment within 7 days of referral Slide 14

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative How domain scores are obtained D 3 D 4 Slide 15 Screening and functional assessment Patient weighed at least once Evidence of mood assessed Cognitive status assessed Screening for malnutrition Care Planning Evidence of rehab goals Plan to promote urinary continence Receiving nutrition within 72 hours

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative How domain scores are obtained D 5 D 6 Slide 16 Communication with patients and carers Discussion with patient about diagnosis Carer needs for support assessed separately Skills taught to care for patient at home Follow up appointment at 6 weeks Driving advice Acute Care Aspirin <48 hours of stroke 90% of care in a SU Admitted to an acute or combined SU < 4 hours Receiving fluids < 24 hours % of applicable patients thrombolysed

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative 9 key indicators Comparing sites in Wales/regions Slide 17

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative • Mid and West Wales 2008 score * 75 * 35 * 59 * 42 * 53 * 36 * 31 *Slide 18 64 • 2008 2006 Middle Upper Lower Middle Lower Lower Middle

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative North Wales * * * Slide 19 2006 2008 60 Middle 61 Middle Upper 66 Middle N/A

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative South East Wales Slide 20

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Top Ten Areas with recommendations for change in Process of Care 1. Work with all agencies to raise the public awareness of stroke to speed up access to hospital following stroke 2. Organise hospital care so that patients are admitted directly to an acute stroke unit from A&E and all suitable patients can be treated with thrombolysis as quickly as possible 3. Improve the training and support given to junior doctors and staff from non stroke disciplines who undertake initial clerking of stroke patients 4. There should be regular quality control to ensure that documentation is complete 5. Brain scanning should be speeded up in many units Slide 21

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative 5. Ensure that all acute stroke units have effective multidisciplinary teams and working 6. Find the 25% of patients who do not currently get to a stroke unit and do something for them 7. Take urinary continence more seriously 8. Manage all patients so as to avoid chest infection and urinary tract infection and identify and treat infections early when they do occur 9. Communicate better with patients and relatives, particularly about the stroke diagnosis and prognosis and how to prevent further strokes 10. Give the correct advice is given to patients who drive Slide 22

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Profession Specific Audit • Autumn 2008 • Second Pilot for RCP • Tools provided by RCP but modified by the Rehab subgroup of WSA • 20 sets of notes per discipline Slide 23

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Involved…. • • • Nursing PT OT SALT Dietetics Psychology • Podiatry • Social work Slide 24

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Progress • Results not ready yet • To be presented to RCP later this year • Will become part of the National Sentinel Audit as from 2010 Slide 25

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Proposed RCP acute audit • • First 3 days On line audit Prospective Detailed audit of process in first 72 hours Pilot still to be done to assess tool Unlikely to be UK wide until later this year RCP have reassured us that we can defer until at least after September Slide 26

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative AOF Target- April 2009 • AOF Target for Stroke Services • WAG has set the following target in the Annual Operating Framework for stroke services. • By March 2009, each patient suspected of or confirmed as having had a stroke must be admitted to dedicated and co-located acute stroke beds staffed by a specialist multidisciplinary medical and acute rehabilitation stroke team. Slide 27

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Detailed Definition “dedicated and co-located acute stroke beds” These are hospital beds in a ward or part of a ward that are located very near one another (subject to issues of dignity and gender) and are guaranteed for admitting stroke patients who should have access to high quality specialist acute medical and rehabilitation stroke care. Slide 28

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Such a service must satisfy the following quality indicators; * * * * * Access to continuous physiology monitoring Access to brain imaging within 24 hours; A policy in place and adhered to for direct admission from A & E; Access to specialist ward rounds at least 5 times a week; Consultant physician with responsibility for stroke; Formal links with patient and carer organisations; Multi-disciplinary meetings, at least weekly, to plan patient care; Provision of information to patients, about stroke; Continuing education programmes for staff. Slide 29

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative AOF Monitoring Tool • • Developed by Sarah Jones on behalf of SSIP Based on the elements of the AOF Reviewed by the team at NHH Will be on the nww. stroke. wales. nhs. uk website To be completed by end of April Letter to service will be coming out very soon Letter from Minister regarding assurance of AOF target by 13 th March • Informal visits in March/early April • Formal visits in May/June to verify compliance with AOF and to assess any shortfall • Report to WAG by Mid June? ? Slide 30

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Interim Organisational Audit RCP 2009 • • • Same format as 2008 Just the organisational element No clinical audit on process of care Agreed to participate Timescale much the same as AOF monitoring – end of April 2009 • Hopefully will see improvement following HM resources allocated to fund additional staff, etc Slide 31

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Intelligent Targets • Organisational • Process • Outcome Slide 32

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Organisational- Uptake Indicators • Use of Monitoring Tool • Identified Clinical Champion and Specialist Stroke Team • Evidence of progress on all intelligent targets Slide 33

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Process Measures- Intelligent Targets • Demonstrate an ongoing improvement in compliance rate with 10 stroke care bundles • 4 TIA • 4 Acute Stroke • 2 Early Recovery and Rehabilitation Slide 34

All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative Outcome Measures • Percentage of people with suspected TIA who go on to have a full stroke within 7 days • Mortality Rates • Change in Functional Outcome • Average Length of Stay • in hospital • on stroke unit • within stroke service • Percentage of people who return to their usual place of residence • Percentage of people who are re-admitted within 28 days Slide 35