National Audit of Stroke Care in Ireland-Full report .
In April 2008, the Irish Heart Foundation published the first ever National Audit of Stroke Care in Ireland. The Audit was the country’s first official overview of stroke services in hospital and the community.
Its findings confirmed that services for stroke patients in Ireland were vastly inadequate and that people were dying or acquiring disabilities which, with better services, could have been avoided.
The Irish Heart Foundation recommends this audit cycle should be repeated every three years to monitor developments towards excellence in stroke care.
The Irish Heart Foundation National Audit of Stroke Care was carried out in association with the Department of Health & Children by a team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The team was lead by Professor Hannah McGee and Professor Desmond O’Neill.
