Title:	Improving Primary Care After Stroke (IPCAS)
Project Description:	Longer term needs of stroke survivors and their carers are not being adequately addressed. Research and development initiatives have largely focused on improving access to specialist services rather than considering the role that primary care might play. In the long term, general practice is where stroke survivors will attend with health problems, but (with the exception of secondary prevention) there is only a limited evidence base as to how general practice might best benefit these patients. Aims and Objectives: 1. Develop a primary care based model to optimise post-discharge care for stroke survivors; 2. Develop a “Managing life after stroke” programme (including self-management) for people living with stroke; 3. Evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of these interventions
Project organisation
Start date:	1st April 2015
End date:	31st September 2020
Contact person:	Dr Ricky Mullis
Contact Details:	Primary Care Unit Strangeways Research Laboratory Worts Causeway Cambridge Cambs CB1 8RN UK Telephone: (01223) 746719 E-mail: rm582@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Website:	http://www.ipcas.phpc.cam.ac.uk/
Collaborative:	University of Leicester University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Funding information
Funding Organisation:	NIHR PGfAR
Funding Reference:	PTC-RP-PG-0213-20001
Funding Amount:	£2,000,000
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