West Midlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network

Working collaboratively to improve stroke care in the West Midlands.
This account is monitored Monday-Friday (excluding bank holidays) between 9am-5pm.

[West Midlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network @WM_ISDN]

West Midlands ISDN Newsletter for December 2025. Please click the link below to download and read it:

https://t.co/tDPOXzpsDU

[UK Stroke Forum @UKStrokeForum]

Is your 2026 diary already busy?📅Make sure you’ve blocked out 2–4 December for #UKSF26 at the Convention Centre, LEX
👉https://t.co/KcXzDXMrjl

Expect bold ideas, top speakers & powerful connections. Follow us on here, Bluesky & LinkedIn or read our newsletter for the latest.

[Stroke Europe @StrokeEurope]

🧠 Yesterday was World Health Day

Stroke is the second most common cause of death in Europe and a leading cause of adult disability.

Learn about reducing your risk and take steps towards protecting your brain health 👉 https://t.co/JrOQzlQIu0

#PreventStroke
#WorldHealthDay

[European Stroke Org @ESOstroke]

📢 ESO is launching a new Prehospital Committee & invites ESO Members with a prehospital or emergency service background to apply. Help advance best practice, research, collaboration&education in prehospital #StrokeCare.
🗓 Deadline: 31 March
🔗 https://t.co/JPB6b9VeYV

#Stroke

[Eirini Kontou 💙 @DrEiriniKontou]

Final Call for our Online Survey🎄

As we wrap up 2025, we’d be grateful to hear clinicians’ views on psychological care after TIA/minor stroke.

🙏 for your time @cm_isdn @ISDNNorthMids @WM_ISDN @EastMidsISDN @SYISDN @NHSLdn_CN @EoEISDNs

🔗⏳15mins ➡️ https://t.co/33jJlUV0jt

[Rachael Jones 💙 @Rachaelstroke]

Highly recommend this event! Previous events have been so informative and inspiring! @ukstrokenursing @ISDNNorthMids @WM_ISDN @EastMidsISDN

[World Stroke Academy @WorldStrokeEd]

🧠#ISC26 is happening now!

Don’t miss our Highlights from #ISC2026 roundtable with global stroke experts sharing the latest breakthroughs in research & care.

📅Feb 24
⏰16:00 CET, 10:00 ET

✍️https://t.co/dYcGIFJBdS

#StrokeEducation @American_Stroke @ESOstroke @WorldStrokeOrg

[Stroke Europe @StrokeEurope]

📣 Our programme for #ELASF2026 is live. Our scientific committee has developed a programme featuring the latest research and best practice, with the voices of people with lived experience at its heart.

⏰ Less than two weeks until early bird ends

🔗 https://t.co/JhEIX73dzp

[UK Stroke Forum @UKStrokeForum]

Looking for inspiration before #UKSF26 proposals open? Relive when 1,600 delegates from all four nations gathered in Aberdeen for one of our strongest programmes yet. On‑demand sessions are still available in the app.

🎥 Highlights via @PandJLive: https://t.co/Yn6pvQiCyj

[European Stroke Org @ESOstroke]

#ESOC2026 introduces a dedicated Neurointervention track: a focused, non-parallel programme with hands-on thrombectomy workshops & joint sessions with @esmintsociety, @svinsociety, @EANSonline50 & CSA. Programme & Registration: https://t.co/4IMcFwU2dn

#Stroke @FishingNeurons

[European Stroke Org @ESOstroke]

🚀The #ESOC2026 Innovation Session is still calling for bold ideas, breakthrough technologies and game-changing solutions in #stroke prevention, treatment and recovery — creating a unique stage for high-impact innovation&collaboration👉Submit by 28 Feb:
https://t.co/5Zpl6AvxjQ

[World Stroke Academy @WorldStrokeEd]

#MondayTip
#Prehospital beyond MSU

🚑🧠 Most strokes aren’t seen by MSUs.

The future? Smart regular ambulances using telemedicine, AI, portable brain devices & ultra-early blood biomarkers to triage stroke faster—anywhere

https://t.co/4uSqAk8ltP

[World Stroke Academy @WorldStrokeEd]

🎓New module available now: https://t.co/xkyB2pSbmp

From dysphagia to recovery: nutrition plays a critical role across the stroke care continuum. Explore the science and practical guidance in our free on demand course💻

#StrokeEducation @WorldStrokeOrg @Nutricia @DanoneResearch

[UK Stroke Forum @UKStrokeForum]

If the UK is to avoid a stroke every three and a half minutes by 2035, the public, the NHS and Government must embrace prevention.

For #StrokePreventionDay, check your blood pressure, share this message, and join us at #UKSF26 this December to be part of a forum for change.

[Stroke Europe @StrokeEurope]

Our #ELASF2026 scientific committee has developed a programme featuring the latest research and best practice, with lived experience at its heart. Register to be part of Europe’s biggest life after stroke community.

⏰ Early bird ends soon 16 Feb

🔗 https://t.co/JhEIX73dzp

[Rachael Jones 💙 @Rachaelstroke]

Did you know approx 280 people a day have a stroke? Yet most strokes are preventable. If you do one thing this year check your blood pressure and know your numbers. @TheStrokeAssoc @ISDNNorthMids @RWT_NHS @ukstrokenursing #strokepreventionday

[UCL Stroke Research @UCLStrokeRes]

The Guardian ⁦@denis_campbell⁩ highlights survey by ⁦@BIASPstroke⁩, in collaboration with colleagues ⁦@TheStrokeAssoc⁩ showing national shortage of #stroke specialist doctors limiting access to treatments that prevent disability and death https://t.co/sT47ukCYiM

[West Midlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network @WM_ISDN]

West Midlands ISDN Newsletter for November 2025. Please click the link below to download and read it:

https://t.co/60Z9Tsmg87

[SSNAP Audit @SSNAPaudit]

SSNAP Associate Clinical Director Louise Clark presenting rehab data from the audit, stimulating important conversations around the challenges and opportunities in meeting the updated rehabilitation standards. #UKSF25

[UK Stroke Forum @UKStrokeForum]

In our #UKSF25 session on physical activity guidelines, we discussed the challenges facing stroke survivors to return to physical activity.

“In hospital, people learn to become sedentary, and there needs to be more support to break down those barriers and build confidence.”