PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dennis Briley
AU  - Chris Durkin
AU  - Tom Meagher
TI  - An urgent access neurovascular clinic: audit of timeliness
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-3-236
DP  - 2009 Jun 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 236--238
VI  - 9
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/3/236.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/3/236.full
SO  - Clin Med2009 Jun 01; 9
AB  - This study aimed to evaluate timeliness of an outpatient urgent access neurovascular clinic in a district general hospital setting through an audit of delay from event to completion of evaluation following transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke. Participants included those referred for evaluation of suspected TIA or minor stroke. The median delay from event to completion was 16 days, with 45% seen within two weeks of symptom onset, and 15% within one week of symptom onset. A weekly TIA clinic is not capable of achieving the National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke recommendation for evaluation within one week of symptoms. This audit supports the National Stroke Strategy recommendation for immediate evaluation of patients presenting with a recent TIA or minor stroke.