Proportion of People With Stroke Who Receive Joint Health and Social Care Plans on Discharge From Hospital

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Publishing Organisation
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical commissioning group indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Hospitalisation

Defining Attributes

Definition

Proportion of people with stroke who receive joint health and social care plans on discharge from hospital

Numerator

The number in the denominator who were discharged from their final inpatient hospital stay with a joint health and social care plan.

Denominator

The number of people with a primary diagnosis of stroke discharged from hospital.

Exclusions

People who refuse a health and/or social care assessment or intervention, people for whom a joint plan is not applicable as they only have a health or a social care need (not both).

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Submission by participating teams to the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP), run by King's College London, which collects data on stroke care from admission to 6 months after stroke. NHS number is used to link to Hospital Episode Statistics and Mortality data in the civil registration-Deaths database

Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods

Reported on SSNAP website

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
31 March 2026