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Hannan Ward, Grey Base Hospital

Integrated Stroke Service

Past Project

This page introduces you to the Integrated Stroke Service Project

 

Introduction

This exercise focused on three main areas.

  1. Awareness and education around stroke and prevention of stroke for the public and providers.
  2. Provision of comprehensive and specialist assessment at initial presentation supported by an effective acute and rehabilitation service.
  3. Sufficient resourcing in the community to ensure community rehabilitation occurs, or is continued, following discharge from hospital.

Five different patient groups were been identified for the stroke/TIA pathway.  This exercise focussed on patients falling into two of those groups.

  1. Patients with minimal co-morbidities presenting with stroke / TIA at A&E or referred by GPs/DNs who require admission / assessment / rehabilitation.
  2. TIAs including undiagnosed TIA.

Other patient groups, such as those with significant co-morbidities and those without potential for rehabilitation after convalescence will be addressed at a later stage.

 

Consultation Group Members

  • Pauline Ansley, Practice Nurse - Buller Medical Service
  • Carol Atmore, GP Liaison
  • Charlotte Berry, Kowhai Manor
  • Diane Brockbank, CNL Hannan Ward
  • Upananda Bopitiya, Physician
  • Graham Cooksley, Care of Elderly Co-ordinator
  • Denise Diedrichs, Speech Therapy
  • Anna Dyzel, GP - Westland Medical Centre
  • Jo-Anne Gilsenan, HOD Occupational Therapy
  • Kathy Hines, Practice Nurse - High Street Medical Centre
  • Sally Hosie, Occupational Therapy
  • Raewyn McKnight, Operations Support Co-ordinator
  • Robyn McLachlan, Project Manager CSS
  • Mary Rose Norton, Stroke Foundation
  • Helen Rzepecky, AT&R Nurse Specialist
  • Judith Sinclair, CNL Outpatients / A&E
  • Margot Van Mulligen, Physiotherapy
  • Tor Wainwright, Planning & Funding
  • Mere Wallace, Social Work
  • Colleen Wilson, Social Work - Buller
 

Update - 16 October 2008

A patient journey map representing the current pathway is now available.  The consultation group has reviewed the map for accuracy and considered the issues raised by staff and patients throughout the mapping process.  Work will now continue on this pathway through the Patient Pathways Project.

If you would like to provide feedback on the stroke pathway please contact , (03) 768-2815.