National Clinical Guideline for Stroke

This is a short plain language summary of the 2023 National Clinical Guideline for Stroke for the UK and Ireland.

It gives you information about stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA or mini stroke).

It tells you:

• What care should be provided after a stroke.
• When this care should be provided.
• Why this care is important.

It tells you some key points from the guideline but in less detail.

It can help you find out what to do if you have concerns about your care.

There is a list of terms explaining more technical words used in this summary here. This will help explain words that readers might not see often.  Words in the list have an *asterisk by them when they appear in the text.

Who is it for?

• It is written for *people affected by stroke, that is, people who have had a stroke and their families and carers.
• It can be used by doctors, nurses and therapists to talk with people with stroke and their carers about their care.