Hunter, Rachael M.
Fulop, Naomi J.
Boaden, Ruth J.
McKevitt, Christopher
Perry, Catherine
Ramsay, Angus I. G.
Rudd, Anthony G.
Turner, Simon J.
Tyrrell, Pippa J.
Wolfe, Charles D. A.
Morris, Stephen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (10/1009/09)
Article History
Received: 18 July 2017
Accepted: 22 February 2018
First Online: 14 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study received ethical approval in September 2011 from the London East NHS Research Ethics Committee (Ref 11/LO/1396).
: Not applicable.
: AGR is the National Clinical Director of Stroke in England, and London Stroke Clinical Director. PJT was Clinical Lead for Stroke in Greater Manchester up to 2013, and led the Greater Manchester stroke service redesign from 2007. All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form atand declare no support from any organisation for the submitted work, no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous 3 years, and no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.
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