Mapping Stroke Services for people living with stroke and their families: Creation of a National Protocol (MAPStrokeNP).

20 Dec 2023

Irish Research Council New Foundations 2023 Award

The National Clinical Programme for Stroke in Ireland aims to provide access to ongoing support to maximise post-stroke quality of life. While there are national plans to encompass the entire continuum of care from primary prevention to life after stroke, services across Ireland are currently fragmented and exclusionary. People living with stroke and their families remain unaware of many stroke support services or how to access them. This research, a collaboration between UCC and Cork Stroke Support CLG will address this through the development of a National Protocol template and a blueprint for stroke support services that can be utilised in other regions across Ireland and internationally. Barriers to accessing stroke services will be identified by people living with stroke which will inform potential implementation issues of the National Stroke Strategy.