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Stroke Association awarded Skills for Health Quality Mark
The Stroke Association has been awarded the Skills for Health Quality Mark as a healthcare training provider. The award identifies the highest quality training that offers value for money and expert understanding of the health care industry. There are currently only ten endorsed training providers who have been awarded the Quality Mark, including the Stroke Association.
The report by Skills for Health praised the charity, saying:
“The Stroke Association training team is an outstanding example of high quality teaching and learning as a result we recommend that the Stroke Association be awarded the Quality Mark for all of their delivery of teaching and learning to the health sector”.
“They continue to be innovative with their teaching and learning, evident from the lesson plans, teaching observations and learning resources”.
Cate Burke, Head of Stroke Training at the charity said:
“This award is fantastic recognition and really reflects the passion and commitment our training team has to improve standards of stroke care for all stroke survivors.
“Stroke is the leading cause of complex adult disability, over half of the 1.2 million stroke survivors in the UK depend on others for help with everyday tasks. We get a lot of feedback from students that they use the skills they get from our training and qualifications to make a huge difference to the people they care for.”
For more information on Stroke Association training, please visit www.stroke.org.uk/training
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A stroke is a brain attack which happens when the blood supply to the brain is cut off, caused by a clot or bleeding in the brain. There are around 152,000 strokes in the UK every year and it is the leading cause of severe adult disability. There are over 1.2 million people in the UK living with the effects of stroke.
Stroke Association is a charity. We believe in life after stroke and we’re leading a community of people to change the world for people affected by stroke. We work directly with stroke survivors and their families and carers, with health and social care professionals and with scientists and researchers. We campaign to improve stroke care and support people to make the best recovery they can. We fund research to develop new treatments and ways of preventing stroke. The Stroke Helpline (0303 303 3100) provides information and support on stroke. More information can be found at ww.stroke.org.uk