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We have hit our recruitment target!!

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We have currently recruited 960 patients (exceeding our original patient recruitment target of 20 per Practice = 920). Of the 46 recruited GP Practices 9 are still open to recruitment. Of the 37 sites that have finished recruiting 81% have reached the target of 16-24 stroke survivors and 40% have exceeded this target.

IPCAS Pilot complete

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All enhanced stroke reviews and participant follow-up questionnaires for the IPCAS pilot study are now complete. A total of 13 stroke survivors were recruited from one GP practice in the East of England. Feedback from participants was positive and the IPCAS intervention was found to be acceptable to General Practice staff.

Further updates on study results and publications will be available on this website in the near future.

Ethical approval for the IPCAS Randomised Controlled Trial

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A favorable ethical opinion was given by the Yorkshire & The Humber, Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee for the IPCAS RCT on the 19th December 2017. The study will be called: “Improving Primary Care After Stroke (IPCAS): A randomised controlled trial to evaluate a new model of care for stroke survivors living in the community”. You can find out more about the study here.

MLAS Pilot complete

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All of the community based group sessions running as part of the “My Life After Stroke” pilot study have now been successfully completed. The feedback from participants has been extremely positive and we are excited to continue to develop this intervention. Further updates on study results and publications will be available on this website in the near future.

Qualitative studies complete!

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The IPCAS team is excited to announce that all of our planned qualitative studies have now been completed. The interview and focus group transcripts will now be analysed and used to inform the development of the new model of primary care.

The 2nd European Stroke Organisation Conference 2016

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Dr Dominika Pindus will be presenting two posters based on our systematic qualitative review findings at the ESOC event in Barcelona, 10-12 May 2016. These posters cover both stroke survivors’ and carers’ experiences and need for primary care and community health services.