Stroke HIT

Working to prevent strokes and improve the lives of people affected by stroke, by bringing together clinicians, commissioners, academics, care and support providers and other healthcare professionals, as well as patients, their families and carers.

The Stroke Health Integration Team (HIT) brings together clinicians, commissioners, academics, care and support providers and other healthcare professionals, as well as people who have had strokes and their families and carers. We are committed to preventing strokes and improving the lives of people affected by stroke in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG).

Our HIT has been instrumental in improving local stroke prevention, treatment and care services and making them more accountable to local patients and carers.

We have influenced the redesign of BNSSG’s stroke care pathway, which draws on national research that shows better outcomes for people who have strokes when they receive ‘immediate’ care at a single specialised ‘hyperacute’ unit, followed by recovery and rehabilitation through properly integrated care systems that link hospitals with the community.

More than 1,300 people have strokes in BNSSG each year – the new stroke service will ensure that people have continuity and equal access to care wherever they live.