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JUNE 2006
Joanna Powell - Modernisation Development Manager
I took up the role of Neurology pathway lead for Making Leeds
Better (MLB) at the begining of March 2006. The Neurology
pathway is part of the 'Early implementors group'. The
pathways I am working on are the Transienct Ischaemic Attack
(TIA) pathway, the Stroke pathway and the year of care pathway for people following a stroke. I also work for the Leeds Modernisation Team - disability, where I lead on a couple of the quality standards for the National Service Framework (NSF) for Long Term Conditions (LTC).
Both these positions are temporary appointments and I also continue to work for the Leeds North East PCT, where I am employed as a service re-design Manager in the Commissioning team.
I qualified as a Physiotherapist,in Glasgow, in 1985 and worked for many years in a variety of Hospitals in Scotland and Oxford, before moving to Leeds 8 years ago. When I first moved to Leeds I worked as the Physiotherapist in the Young Adult Team at St Mary's Hospital, Leeds. In April 2004 I left clinical practice to work fulltime for the Leeds NorthEast PCT.
I have had a career long interest in the Rehabilitation of patients following stroke and I am delighted to be back working in this important area of Health and Social care.
Joanna Powell
Modernisation Development manager
West PCT
Bremner House
John Charles Way
Leeds LS12 6QD
Tel 0113 3059431
Mob 07904586712
APRIL 2005
Positive Strokes - Changing Outlooks
Positive Strokes - Changing Outlooks
are a group of stroke service users and
carers, who act as critical friends to the redesign of stroke
services in
Leeds. Positive Strokes - changing outlooks have developed
an information
pack for those with stroke which is being distributed through
the hospital
stroke wards. It consists of a:
* Stroke Survival Guide - an insider's view of living with stroke.
* A - Z of services for Older People
* Directory of Information for Disabled people in Leeds.
* A Positive Strokes feedback
form for comments, complaints and compliments
about stroke services.
* Information about how to contact
the citywide Stroke Services
Coordinator.
* Choices for carers / quick
guide to services booklet where
appropriate
NOVEMBER 2002
SWIMMING FOR STROKE SERVICES IN LEEDS
On Wednesday 6th November 2002, Olasupo Ogunyinka (Manager - Leeds Stroke Database, LGI) did a sponsored swim of 5000metres (5km) in 2hrs and 22minutes at Virgin Active, Kirkstall Road, Leeds to raise money on behalf of Stroke Services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. You can still support him by sending your donation ( Please make cheque payable to "The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Charitable Foundation") to : Leeds Stroke Database, A Floor (Room 19/OA/001), Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX
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SEPTEMBER 2002
SWIMMING FOR STROKE SERVICES IN LEEDS
On Wednesday 6th November at 2pm, Olasupo Ogunyinka (Manager - Leeds Stroke Database, LGI) is undertaking a mammoth task of completing a sponsored swim at Virgin Active, Kirkstall Road, Leeds to raise money on behalf of Stroke Services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Trust Fund No 997519 registered charity number 1075308 . He is hoping to swim 5000metres(5km) in 2.5hrs or less.
You can support him by sending your donation ( Please make cheque payable to "The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Charitable Foundation") to :
Leeds Stroke Database, A Floor (Room 19/OA/001), Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX.
MARCH 2002
Stroke Care Pathways Project Manager: Debbie Neal
Debbie Neal have recently been seconded to the post of Stroke Care Pathways Manager, a two year post funded through a grant from the department of Health and Leeds PCTs. She will be working closely with Janine Brown, the Modernisation agent for Older People.Debbie was previously working as a senior Physiotherapist at the Community Rehabilitation Unit at St . Mary's Hospital where she worked with under 65 post stroke patients and have also worked in acute care & early stage rehabilitation with older people at St. James, Harrogate and Pinderfields hospital. She is looking forward to make a difference to the stroke services.
Contact Details:
Debbie Neal, Stroke Care pathways project manager , Leeds west PCT, Bremner house, Gelderd Business Park, John Charles Way, Leeds LS12 6QD . Telephone 0113 3059449 debbie.neal@leeds-ha.northy.nhs.uk
October 2001
Manager - Leeds Stroke Database Manager
Farewell - To Pauline Brunyee
I would like to officially introduce myself to all our readers.
My name is Olasupo Ogunyinka - The new manager for the Leeds
Stroke Database. I was appointed in August 2001 and commenced
in post at the beginning of September. Prior to this appointment,
I worked for the Trust as a Directorate Accountant in the
Property and Support Services Division. May I also take this
opportunity to say a BIG thank you and FAREWELL
to Pauline Brunyee - Project Co-ordinator who left LSD at
the end of September to complete her Master Degree. We would
like to thank her for her commitment to the project over the
last seven years. Pauline asked us to pass on her thanks to
everyone who help to establish and maintain the project.
July 2001
Manager post vacancy advertised for the Leeds Stroke Database
Details of the new Certificate in Stroke Care
News of the next Stroke Research Discussion Group meeting
Manager post vacancy advertised for the Leeds Stroke Database
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusuastic individual
to use their organisational and communication skills to extend
the remit of the Leeds Stroke Database in line with the recommendations
made in the National Service Framework for Older People (Stroke
Standard). For further information please contact Pauline
Brunyee on direct line 0113 3928079 or for an application
form and job description please contact Central Recruitment
on 0113 2066410. The job reference is AMC 1028 and the closing
date is 30th July 2001.
Certificate in Stroke Care
The School of Healthcare Studies (University of Leeds) is
offering this exciting new course from September 2001. The
course is aimed at all health care workers who wish to extend
their knowledge and understanding of people who have had a
stroke.
For further information please contact:-
Anne Forster, phone 0113 233 5654 or 01274 365311
email: a.forster@leeds.ac.uk
or
Jenny Dedmen, phone 0113 233 1305
email: j.a.dedmen@leeds.ac.uk
or
for an application form please contact:-
Student Support Office, phone 0113 233 1360
email: c.a.m.twomey@leeds.ac.uk
Stroke Research Discussion Group
The next meeting will take place on the 8th August 2001at
Chapel Allerton Hospital. The speaker is Emma Jackson. Everyone
is welcome and for further information please contact Dr Kahryn
Hughes (k.a.hughes@leeds.ac.uk).
May 2001
Information about the Stroke Association from Noëlle Dennis (Regional Manager)
Details of the next Stroke Research Discussion Group meeting
Links of the month
...and last, but not least, news that we have recently employed a new Project Assistant, Liz Power. We hope we will have persuaded her to pose for a picture by the time the next updating is due.
The Stroke Association
The Stroke Association is this country's leading charity solely concerned with stroke. We provide support to people who have had strokes, their families and carers. We campaign, educate and inform to increase knowledge of stroke at all levels of society. We run an information and education service, provide publications and welfare grants.
The Association's Community Services are organised and managed within 16 regions and details of the staff and services in the Yorkshire Region are as follows:-
Leeds Based Services/Staff
Noëlle Dennis, the Regional Manager, is based at the Stroke Association Regional Office at Seacroft Hospital, Leeds. She is responsible for the co-ordination and management of the community services in the Yorkshire Region and has been with the Stroke Association for almost 15 years. She is supported in her work by Kate Watson, her full-time secretary. Noëlle and Kate may be contacted on 0113 2600840, Fax 0113 2640284 or ndennis@stroke.org.uk.
Moria Flynn and Maureen Backhouse are each part-time Education, Training and Information Service Organisers also based at the Stroke Association Regional Office. They are supported by Hannah Duplex and Christine Hill and may be contacted on 0113 2601167.
Louise Haigh and Jo Koszel are the Organisers of Leeds Dysphasia Support, a service for people with communication problems following stroke. They recruit, train and support vounteers who will either visit people in their own homes or help the Organisers at one of the four groups held each week. Louise also runs a fortnightly group for younger stroke people called Get Up and Go. They too are based at the Regional Office and can be contacted on 0113 232 8097 (Lousie) or 0113 3909702 (Jo).
The other services within the Yorkshire Region managed by Noëlle are as follows:_
Dyshasia Support - Harrogate
Dyshasia Support - Sheffield
Dyshasia Support - Hull
Dyshasia Support - East Yorkshire
Family Support - Hull
Family Support - East Yorkshire
Stroke Prevention - Hull.
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Stroke Research Discussion Group
The next meeting will take place on the 6th June 2001at Chapel Allerton Hospital. The speaker is Dr Jan Geddes. Everyone is welcome and for further information please contact Dr Kahryn Hughes (k.a.hughes@leeds.ac.uk).
New links this month
The National Service Framework for Older People has set national standards for stroke care.
The Northern and Yorkshire Excellence site features examples of good practice in stroke care, for example, in Bradford.
The Stroke Channel is a section of the American Medbroadcast site.
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Information about the Stroke Association from Noëlle Dennis (Regional Manager)
Details of the next Stroke Research Discussion Group meeting
Links of the month
...and last, but not least, news that we have recently employed a new Project Assistant, Liz Power. We hope we will have persuaded her to pose for a picture by the time the next updating is due.
The Stroke Association
The Stroke Association is this country's leading charity solely concerned with stroke. We provide support to people who have had strokes, their families and carers. We campaign, educate and inform to increase knowledge of stroke at all levels of society. We run an information and education service, provide publications and welfare grants.
The Association's Community Services are organised and managed within 16 regions and details of the staff and services in the Yorkshire Region are as follows:-
Leeds Based Services/Staff
Noëlle Dennis, the Regional Manager, is based at the Stroke Association Regional Office at Seacroft Hospital, Leeds. She is responsible for the co-ordination and management of the community services in the Yorkshire Region and has been with the Stroke Association for almost 15 years. She is supported in her work by Kate Watson, her full-time secretary. Noëlle and Kate may be contacted on 0113 2600840, Fax 0113 2640284 or ndennis@stroke.org.uk.
Moria Flynn and Maureen Backhouse are each part-time Education, Training and Information Service Organisers also based at the Stroke Association Regional Office. They are supported by Hannah Duplex and Christine Hill and may be contacted on 0113 2601167.
Louise Haigh and Jo Koszel are the Organisers of Leeds Dysphasia Support, a service for people with communication problems following stroke. They recruit, train and support vounteers who will either visit people in their own homes or help the Organisers at one of the four groups held each week. Louise also runs a fortnightly group for younger stroke people called Get Up and Go. They too are based at the Regional Office and can be contacted on 0113 232 8097 (Lousie) or 0113 3909702 (Jo).
The other services within the Yorkshire Region managed by Noëlle are as follows:_
Dyshasia Support - Harrogate
Dyshasia Support - Sheffield
Dyshasia Support - Hull
Dyshasia Support - East Yorkshire
Family Support - Hull
Family Support - East Yorkshire
Stroke Prevention - Hull.
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Stroke Research Discussion Group
The next meeting will take place on the 6th June 2001at Chapel Allerton Hospital. The speaker is Dr Jan Geddes. Everyone is welcome and for further information please contact Dr Kahryn Hughes (k.a.hughes@leeds.ac.uk).
New links this month
The National Service Framework for Older People has set national standards for stroke care.
The Northern and Yorkshire Excellence site features examples of good practice in stroke care, for example, in Bradford.
The Stroke Channel is a section of the American Medbroadcast site.
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February 2001
This month we are introducing a
"Frequently asked questions after stroke" page and
several new links, all from north of the border.
The "Frequently asked questions after stroke" page will be available after 12/02/2001 by clicking here.
The new links this month are;
Links about stroke
Consensus Conference on Stroke Treatment and Service Delivery - Consensus Statement November 2000 published by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Consensus Conference on Medical Management of Stroke - Consensus Statement (updated November 2000) - to be read in conjunction with the above document and also published by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh - visit this site to find out about the latest randomised trials in stroke treatment.
Stroke Information Sites is hosted by the University of Dundee and has a host of useful links.
The "Frequently asked questions after stroke" page will be available after 12/02/2001 by clicking here.
The new links this month are;
Links about stroke
Consensus Conference on Stroke Treatment and Service Delivery - Consensus Statement November 2000 published by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Consensus Conference on Medical Management of Stroke - Consensus Statement (updated November 2000) - to be read in conjunction with the above document and also published by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh - visit this site to find out about the latest randomised trials in stroke treatment.
Stroke Information Sites is hosted by the University of Dundee and has a host of useful links.
December 2000
We would like to take this opportunity
to wish all our visitors a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
This month we are publishing a pilot version of the Who's Who in Stroke in Leeds. Click here to access the pages. We are also including the latest Leeds Stroke Database newsletter (in Word format). Click here to access the October newsletter
The next Stroke Research Discussion Group meeting will be held on 11/1/2001. For further information please contact me at pbrunyee@ulth.northy.nhs.uk
There is one new link this month;
Links about Leeds
www.leedsteachinghospitals.com (for detailed information about the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust)
This month we are publishing a pilot version of the Who's Who in Stroke in Leeds. Click here to access the pages. We are also including the latest Leeds Stroke Database newsletter (in Word format). Click here to access the October newsletter
The next Stroke Research Discussion Group meeting will be held on 11/1/2001. For further information please contact me at pbrunyee@ulth.northy.nhs.uk
There is one new link this month;
Links about Leeds
www.leedsteachinghospitals.com (for detailed information about the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust)
October 2000
This month we are only including two new links in this section as we are already working on next month's Whats New? This will contain the latest newsletter and the first version of our Who's Who in Stroke (a list of health care professionals with an interest in stroke in the Leeds area).
This month we are only including two new links in this section as we are already working on next month's Whats New? This will contain the latest newsletter and the first version of our Who's Who in Stroke (a list of health care professionals with an interest in stroke in the Leeds area).
Links to information about stroke
www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/ceeu_stroke_care_contents.htm
(this is a direct link to the Care After Stroke Booklet (Information
for patients and their carers) printed by the Royal College
of Physicians. Copies of this booklet are available from the
Stroke Association Help Line on 0845 303 3100)
www.pslgroup.com/strokes.htm (the stroke section of the American site, The Doctor's Guide to the Internet)
www.pslgroup.com/strokes.htm (the stroke section of the American site, The Doctor's Guide to the Internet)
September 2000
This month we would like to introduce you to Dr Nigel Dudley, consultant in Elderly and Stroke Medicine, who starts working for the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust on 2/10/2000. He will be responsible for stroke services for the over 65's who live in the east side of Leeds.
This month's newly discovered web sites are listed below;
Information about disability
www.speech-therapy.org.uk (the web site of the well known Speech and Language Therapy Department at Frenchay Hospital)
www.aphasia.org (the web site of the National Aphasia Association)
Links to information about stroke
www.dcn.ed.ac.uk/spgm (this developing site will contain sections of the book, 'Stroke: A Practical Guide for Management' by C P Warlow, M S Dennis, J van Gijn, G J Hankey, P A G Sandercock, J M Bamford and J Wardlaw)
August 2000
This month there's news of the local Stroke Research Discussion Group and some sites of interest that we've recently discovered.
Stroke Research Discussion Group
This group is open to all health and social care professionals whether working in primary, secondary or community care, or at the university.
The next meeting will be held on the 6th September in the Post-Graduate Lecture Room at Chapel Allerton Hospital.
For further information contact Kahryn Hughes at
Sites of interest that we've recently discovered are;
Information about disability
www.naric.com/ (a site established to serve anyone, professional or lay person who is interested in disability or rehabilitation)
Other sites that may be of interest
www.carers.org (a national network of carers centres)
www.nottingham.ac.uk/stroke-medicine/ (Visit this page of the University of Nottingham's web site to find out more about the British Association of Stroke Physicians)
www.bbc.co.uk/health/stroke/index.shtml (the BBC HEALTH'S Stroke Guide)
Links about Leeds
www.Leeds-flis.org.uk (a site to help co-ordinate the progress of health and social care information systems)
The latest primary care groups to go online are;
