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Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke: STRATEGY FOR SCOTLAND
APPENDIX 5 NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON STROKE
Terms of Reference
To provide a source of advice on all matters relating to stroke, e.g.:
workforce issues including training;
stroke service activity; and
distribution of resources and identification of priorities for new investment.
To monitor progress on the implementation of the stroke elements of this Strategy against defined target dates.
To provide support for Managed Clinical Networks by:
To promote a quality assurance programme by:
promoting national audit, utilising agreed data sets (currently defined in the CRAG supported stroke project);
co-ordinating additional national audit projects; and
ensuring links with the Clinical Standards Board Stroke Project and review groups.
Constitution and Method of Working
The main committee would meet three times a year. Two groups, one supporting stroke MCNs and the other developing a quality assurance programme, would also meet three times a year or more frequently if appropriate.
The Advisory Committee would be headed by a Lead Clinician (appointed by the Executive), and will require administrative support and appropriate links with other health service organisations, i.e. NHS Education for Scotland, Regional Workforce Groups and the National Workforce Committee.
Membership
Main Committee
Representatives from stroke professionals
Physician nominated by Scottish Stroke Physicians Group
Nurse (Stroke Unit)
Stroke Liaison Nurse
Pharmacist
Allied Health Professions:
Radiology
Vascular Surgery
Patient Representatives
General Practice
Local Drugs and Therapeutics Committee Representative
Public Health Medicine
MCN Sub-Group
Quality Assurance Group
Lead Clinician
two representatives from main committee
ISD representative of CRAG-funded project
representative of CRAG Stroke project
MCN representative from MCN Sub-Group
QSBHS representative
SIGN representative
Development Process
The process of developing the Scottish Advisory Committee on Stroke will require some overlap with membership of the Reference Group to prevent any loss of impetus in the work undertaken thus far, but the committee structure should be in place by June 2003.
The role of the Lead Clinician is crucial in achieving the key goals of the committee, i.e. the development of national stroke audit data, and the development of stroke MCNs, and as such will require a sessional commitment.
Resources Required
Lead Clinician sessions
administrative support.
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