NIHR CLAHRCfor South Yorkshire

What is NIHR CLAHRC?

• Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research & Care

• Conduct research, implementation and increase the capacity of the NHS

• Focus on long term conditions and self management

• Focus on health inequalities• South Yorkshire CLAHRC: Diabetes;

depression; COPD; obesity and stroke

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CLAHRC-SY Stroke Theme Projects:

Intermediate Stroke Care

Teams

Improving Stroke Unit

Care

Access to TIA Services

http://clahrc-sy.nihr.ac.uk/theme-stroke-introduction.html

The use of computer assisted

therapy in Aphasia

Self-management after stroke

Raising awareness

in BME communities

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Raising Awareness in BME Communities

• FAST: Access for BME communities?

• Collaborative project: BME; NHS; TCC; NORCOM; CLAHRC

• Co-production of materials

• Dissemination and evaluation

• www.sheffield.nhs.uk/stroke © Creative Something

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© Creative Something

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Raising Awareness in BME Communities

• FAST: Access for BME communities?

• Collaborative project: BME; NHS; TCC; NORCOM; CLAHRC

• Co-production of materials

• Dissemination and evaluation

• www.sheffield.nhs.uk/stroke © Creative Something

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Self-management after stroke

• Critical review of the literature: little consensus; dearth of evidence around user views; questions about long-term benefit

• Grounded theory study to explore self-management from service user & carer perspective underway

• Phase III: Implementation

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Computer Assisted Therapy in the Community

• Jointly funded (CLAHRC/RfPB) RCT feasibility study (CACTUS): People with Aphasia living at home

• Results: • Patient and carer acceptability• Benefits: Statistical and clinical• Greater benefit in personally chosen goals• Cost effectiveness (r.l.palmer@sheffield.ac.uk)

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PhD Studentships (University of Sheffield Funded)

• The meaning of participation after stroke• Tele-health care options• The nature of clinical supervision in the

stroke care pathway• Social marketing and stroke (allied to

awareness project)

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Stroke Theme Development:

• New and emerging projects & partners

1.FAST evaluation (STH/YAS)

2.Communication partners (STH/UoS)

3.Sex after stroke (SHU)• SY CLAHRC involvement in North Trent

Stroke Strategy Board• SY hosts National Stroke CLAHRC Group:

LYBRA; NDL; Manchester; BBC; Leicester

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Thank You

t.ryan@sheffield.ac.uk