RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 An urgent access neurovascular clinic: audit of timeliness JF Clinical Medicine JO Clin Med FD Royal College of Physicians SP 236 OP 238 DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-3-236 VO 9 IS 3 A1 Dennis Briley A1 Chris Durkin A1 Tom Meagher YR 2009 UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/3/236.abstract 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.