Proportion of Adults Who Have Had a Stroke Who Have Their Rehabilitation Goals Agreed Within 5 Days of Arrival at Accident and Emergency

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Publishing Organisation
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Stroke in Adults Quality Standard
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Person-Centred Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of adults who have had a stroke who have their rehabilitation goals agreed within 5 days of arrival at accident and emergency (A&E).

Numerator

Number in the denominator who have their rehabilitation goals agreed within 5 days of arrival at A&E.

Denominator

Number of adults who have had a stroke.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Data source: Local data collection. Data can be collected using the Royal College of Physicians' Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) question 4.7.

Frequency of Data Collection
Quarterly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
91
Reporting Methods

Audit.

Reporting Frequency
Quarterly
Reporting Frequency in Days
91
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Quality standard: Quality statement 6: Regular review of rehabilitation goals. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs2/chapter/Quality-statement-6-Regular-review-of-rehabilitation-goals.

Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, School of Life Course & Population Sciences, King's College London. Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme - National Results. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: www.strokeaudit.org/Results2/Clinical-audit/National-Results.aspx.

Link to Measurement Tools

Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP)

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)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025