Early Supported Discharge (ESD)
The Stoke Improvement Programme has introduced an Early Supported Discharge (ESD) service, the first in North Wales, which will help patients recover at home, rather than in hospital or a clinical setting.
The service has so far been rolled out in Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire and Conwy, and is expected to be introduced in Gwynedd and Anglesey early this year.
The ESD teams are made up of psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists, which aims to help stroke patients recover at home.
ESD provides stroke specialist rehabilitation from a multidisciplinary team to support patients at home and aims to reduce time spent in hospital by 37% of current stroke patients, leading to an increased independence and improved recovery.