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Stroke Innovation – A Wales Perspective | Scoping the Welsh Stroke Landscape

Posted on 250319250319 by Stroke Wales

With more than 70,000 stroke survivors living in Wales, stroke places a heavy burden on the Welsh economy and healthcare system with an estimated cost of £1 billion annually. In an effort to address skyrocketing economic and healthcare burdens and to provide the best possible care for stroke patients and survivors, innovative solutions to these complex problems have the potential to benefit the stroke care landscape in Wales.

However, adoption of innovative practice is not a straightforward endeavour and is consistently hindered by isolated good practice; barriers to adoption; hurdles to innovative creation; and a systemic unawareness of existing innovation.

Funded by Welsh Government, Stroke Hub Wales undertook a scoping exercise of Welsh stroke innovation utilising a four-stage, tiered methodology that resulted in exponential knowledge growth at each stage spanning across academia, healthcare, industry, pharmaceuticals, and the third sector. Nearly 500 projects were discovered, the vast majority of which were in Wales while the remaining, mainly based in the UK, were brought to our attention in interviews with practitioners. Projects not available in Wales showed great potential to the Welsh stroke landscape. Results were primarily organised into categories based on sector, innovation type, and the point at which they are applied along the stroke pathway.

Clear areas of existing strengths; opportunities; and limitations to innovation emerged from this scoping, allowing for the development of our key recommendations to advance stroke innovation efforts.

Actioning these recommendations and introducing future innovations within the context obtained by this scoping would allow for future clinical redevelopment to reach its maximum potential and drive the future of stroke care forward. Here at Stroke Hub Wales, we can fill gaps in the existing innovation landscape to implement these recommendations for the health and wellbeing of our stroke community.

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Link to the full report entitled “Stroke Innovation – A Wales Perspective” here:

Stroke Innovation – A Wales Perspective (Full Report)

Link to the summary briefs here:

Stroke Innovation – A Wales Perspective (Brief) – English

Arloesi Strôc – Persbectif Cymru (Briff) – Cymraeg

Charity golf event held in aid of Stroke Hub Wales

Posted on 230811230811 by Lizzie

Thanks to C&P Engineering Services Ltd for hosting an absolutely stellar charity golf event in our honour! Community members and organisations came together to raise an impressive £6,500 to support our organisation, Stroke Hub Wales, as a central hub for stroke research, innovation, and education in Wales.

Thanks to C&P’s managing director, Mr. Paul Bunyan, a stroke survivor, and Mr. Phil Osborne, who thought of us when looking for a charitable cause. Thank you also to the Swansea Masonic Almoners Fund, who contributed a sizeable donation of £500 to our cause. Without our community of survivors, carers, and the public, stroke-related efforts in Wales would be severely limited.

This event at Pontardawe Golf Club hosted more than 76 individuals in a rousing round of golf followed by an auction and Q&A hosted by Lee Trundle (formerly of Swansea City FC) and Ray Pennock. Our academic lead and esteemed member of our advisory board, Prof. Philip James attended the event and was presented with a cheque in our honour.

We send a huge heartfelt thank you to each person who donated during the event and since. If you’re interested in supporting our work at Stroke Hub Wales, please consider donating to our organisation! You can find the link to donate here: https://stroke.wales/donate/.

Thank you to each and every person involved in planning and executing this event, and thank you for sharing photos with us to showcase this fantastic event. To our community and friends, thank you for your interest and efforts in helping our organisation. Together, we can make a difference.