London, United Kingdom 2013 Poster Session Red Cerebrovasc Dis 2013; 35 (suppl 3)1-854 471 351 Management and economics Producing a patient accessible audit report for stroke survivors and carers S.J. Kavanagh1, J.T. Campbell2, A.M. Hoffman3, D. McDonnell4, I.K. Morris5, C.J. McKevitt6, A. Bowen7, G. Pearl8, A.G. Rudd9 On behalf of the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party and Speakeasy Royal College of Physicians, London, UNITED KINGDOM1, Royal College of Physicians, Lon-don, UNITED KINGDOM2, Royal College of Physicians, London, UNITED KINGDOM3, Roy-al College of Physicians, London, UNITED KINGDOM4, Royal College of Physicians, London, UNITED KINGDOM5, King’s College London, London, UNITED KINGDOM6, University of Manchester, Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM7, Speakeasy, Bury, UNITED KINGDOM8, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UNITED KINGDOM9 Background The Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP) Stroke Programme has run the National Sentinel Stroke snapshot audit since 1998 and the continuous stroke register SINAP since 2010. Reports with named hospital results are produced for hospitals, national health departments and the general pub-lic. In 2007, the need for a patient friendly report was identified to make complex, clinically-fo-cused audit results more accessible to stroke survivors and carers and raise awareness of the quality of stroke care and services in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Methods The implementation group, including patients, determined requirements and planned the work. Stroke survivors with aphasia, identified as integral project stakeholders, were consulted through regular meetings about which aspects to include, optimal ways of presenting complex national and regional data, and the report structure and layout. The stroke programme’s multi-disciplinary steer-ing group, additional patient groups and the national stroke charity iteratively revised the report. Results Patient versions of audit reports have been produced by the RCP Stroke Programme since 2008. Key results are made accessible electronically and in hard copy to stroke survivors with communi-cation and cognitive impairments through charts and graphs, symbols, and colour-coded point maps and results are updated every 3 months. They are downloaded extensively, disseminated to hospi-tals, at national stroke conferences, and via patient groups. Feedback indicates the usefulness of these reports for stroke survivors and carers, clinical teams, chief executives and members of parlia-ment in instigating improvements in stroke care. Conclusion Stroke survivors have a powerful voice. Audit reports tailored to their needs are effective to in-crease knowledge and drive change. Involvement of patient groups is key to transforming complex data into information understood and used by stroke survivors and carers.
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