Ongoing inpatient rehabilitation
Quality statementPatients who need ongoing inpatient rehabilitation after completion of their acute diagnosis and treatment are treated in a specialist stroke rehabilitation unit. Quality measureStructureEvidence of local arrangements to ensure all patients who need ongoing inpatient rehabilitation after completion of their acute diagnosis and treatment are treated in a specialist stroke rehabilitation unit. ProcessProportion of patients who need ongoing inpatient rehabilitation after completion of their acute diagnosis and treatment who are treated in a specialist stroke rehabilitation unit. Numerator: the number of patients who are treated in a specialist stroke rehabilitation unit. Denominator: the number of patients who need ongoing specialist stroke rehabilitation after completion of their acute diagnosis and treatment. Description of what the quality statement means for each audienceService providers ensure all patients who need ongoing inpatient rehabilitation after completion of their acute diagnosis and treatment are treated in a specialist stroke rehabilitation unit. Healthcare professionals treat patients who need ongoing inpatient rehabilitation after completion of their acute diagnosis and treatment in a specialist stroke rehabilitation unit. Commissioners ensure that specialist stroke rehabilitation units are commissioned to treat patients who need inpatient rehabilitation after completion of their acute diagnosis and treatment. Patients who need ongoing inpatient rehabilitation after completion of their acute diagnosis and treatment can expect to be treated in a specialist stroke rehabilitation unit. DefinitionsA specialist stroke rehabilitation unit should meet all of the following criteria:
Data sourceStructureLocal data collection. ProcessTrusts can collect data via the Sentinel Stroke Audit and through local data collection. |
This page was last updated: 22 November 2010
- Stroke
- Ambulance screening and transfer to an acute stroke unit
- Neuro-imaging
- Admission of patients with suspected stroke
- Swallowing screening and nutrition management
- Assessment and management of patients with stroke
- Ongoing inpatient rehabilitation
- Ongoing rehabilitation
- Continence management
- Mood disturbance and cognitive impairments
- Ongoing outpatient rehabilitation assessment
- Carer provisions
