📢 Join us on Tues 25 June @ 12:00 BST for the launch of #NIHR funded COM-STAR - this project will help NHS #stroke staff communicate with people w communication difficulties. Sign up to receive the Teams link bit.ly/3ySn1iH #TeamNHS #RightToRehab #access #inclusion

We’ve been utterly silent on the Communicating in Stroke Care and Rehabilitation front folks, sorry! But that’s all about to change!! Make way for some posts about our current opportunities to get involved with COM - STAR 🥁🥁🥁🥁

Are you a health or social care professional, assistant or domestic/housekeeper working in stroke care in the UK? Want to win a £50 Amazon or Love2Shop voucher for sharing your thoughts on communication skills training for working with stroke survivors? shef.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_et…

We are very keen to hear from more #socialworkers #dietitian #nutritionist #pharmacist in #stroke - have you been offered #communication skills training to support conversations with stroke patients w communication impairments? Please share your views ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Dear BASW BISWG & Social Work News do you know of #socialworkers (working with #stroke survivors w #communication impairments) who want to share their views and shape future professional development? Communicating in Stroke Care and Rehabilitation (I joint lead) is keen to hear more social workers’ views please 🙏

Any clinical psychologists/neuropsychologists (assistants or trainees) working in stroke? Can you help the Communicating in Stroke Care and Rehabilitation team with this short survey? 👇👇👇 shef.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_et… Please RT BPS DoN ACP-UK OPSYRIS Steve Green 💙

Dear NIMAST Communicating in Stroke Care and Rehabilitation which I co-lead w Rebecca Palmer and a fab team are looking for #stroke #MDT input into our survey to shape the future of stroke professionals’ communication skills training. Any chance you could share this survey post and link please? 👇👇👇👇👇

Our Stroke Support Helpline is now even more accessible! 📞 Thanks to our recent partnership with SignVideo by Sorenson, every stroke survivor who is deaf or hard of hearing can contact our Stroke Support Helpine via video call, supported by a BSL interpreter. 📺

Want to know more about COM-STAR? Check out our project website which includes our June launch webinar (20mins) and our first (summer) newsletter ☺️ 👇👇👇👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 sheffield.ac.uk/smph/com-star

📢Thank you to the 511 #stroke staff across the UK who have shared their views on #communication skills training for the COM-STAR survey!📢📢📢📢 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 We want to hear from MORE staff still please though! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇👇👇👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 shef.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_et…

Half of respondents worry about having another stroke. This can leave people feel exhausted physically and emotionally. Brain responds to threat and our beliefs that we are not safe.