Stroke is a chronic disease with acute events

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Desmond O’Neill, principal investigator,
Frances Horgan, senior lecturer,
Anne Hickey, senior lecturer,
Hannah McGee, principal investigator

¹Irish National Audit of Stroke Care, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland

des.oneill{at}amnch.ie

Bruins et al and the accompanying editorial on stroke care make a compelling case for reviewing conventional policy approaches to stroke, which often show a dysequilibrium towards the (very important) front end of stroke, and a relative agnosia for (equally important) aftercare.1 Although it is clearly very important that all …