- 16 July 2020 - 12:22PMI’m excited to be part of a webinar on Thursday 16 July at 5pm, which offers an opportunity to hear about examples of innovation and service change across the whole stroke pathway during the Covid-19 pandemic. The webinar will feature recommendations from practical guidance which has been created through a collaboration between the Oxford AHSN... View ArticleNews
- 15 July 2020 - 3:55PMOur brilliant new band 5 AHP workforce are emerging from training into an altered clinical landscape. In the light of this, what resources will you be directing your new staff towards, to support their development in community rehabilitation? What virtual or remote rehabilitation tools, or tools to support blended delivery, would be most helpful to... View ArticleDiscussion
- 11 June 2020 - 2:58PMThis week marks the 8th national community stroke call, in which regions across England discuss provision of community rehabilitation to stroke survivors during the pandemic. I feel very honoured to chair the call each week and have been impressed by the commitment and tenacity shown by staff across the country. Peer support has been strong,... View ArticleNews
- 11 June 2020 - 2:34PM
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic there was increased pressure on inpatient teams to discharge patients as soon as safety allowed. This coupled with community teams limiting face to face therapy sessions led to significant uncertainty regarding rehabilitation for stroke patients leaving hospital. To help alleviate this, inpatient teams provided increased documented advice, including home exercise programmes and positioning charts for patients being discharged from hyperacute and acute wards.
Case Study - 11 June 2020 - 2:15PMThe ongoing pandemic poses unprecedented challenges in the provision of rehabilitation for stroke survivors and continued pressure on rehabilitation professionals in the delivery of rehabilitation and longer-term support across acute and community sectors. Face-to-face delivery of rehabilitation has been limited. For many of us, this has meant rehabilitation is now being delivered differently (e.g. videocalls,... View ArticleDiscussion