Health Innovation East is hosting the East of England Stroke Forum until July 2025 to help connect healthcare professionals from across our region.
The second annual East of England Stroke Conference, held on 24th September 2024, was joined by over 230 attendees with over 30 speakers. We were fortunate again this year to have Rebecca Fisher covering the changes in SSNAP Therapy reporting, a full list of topics that were covered on the day can be found here:
Recordings of presentations from the Millenium Suite can be found below and slides can be requested by emailing strokeforum@healthinnovationeast.co.uk.
These resources are designed for Health Care Professionals
Patient story
Peter Ellis
Suffered a stroke in March of 2018 and presented on the impact that this had on him, his journey and contemplations of the future.
Post-Stroke Fatigue
Speakers:
Dr Grace Turner
Associate professor at the University of Birmingham
Measuring Therapy Delivery in SSNAP: How are you doing?
Speaker:
Dr Rebecca Fisher
Programme manager with the National Stroke Programme Team at NHS England
Associate Director for SSNAP
The Expansion of Pre-Hospital Stroke Video Triage in the East of England
Speakers:
Brittany Wells
Clinical Lead for Stroke Video Triage for the East of England Ambulance Service
Jo Clayden
Senior Programme Manager for the East of England ISDNs
NoSIP in the East of England
Speakers
Rayhaan Rahaman
East of England NOSIP Lead
Nick Tessier
Radiographer at West Hertfordshire Hospital
Thrombolysis in Acute Stroke
Speakers:
Prof. Martin James
Consultant Stroke Physician at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospitals
Barriers to Thrombectomy
Speakers:
Dr Paul Guyler
Consultant in Stroke Medicine and clinical Director for the East of England Regional Stroke Network
Updates in the Management of Intracerebral Haemorrhage
Speakers:
Dr Radim Licenik
Consultant in Stroke Medicine and Clinical Lead at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
The Mid and South Essex Aphasia Service – what, why and how? Perspective from the team and a service user with aphasia
Speakers
John Bentley
Speech and Language Therapist at the Mid and South Essex Aphasia Service
Lydia Paley
Speech and Language Therapist at the Mid and South Essex Aphasia Service
Lindsay Hayward-Smith
Stroke survivor and service user of the Mid and South Essex Aphasia Service