⏰ Last call! For the first time, UKSF session proposals are open to everyone.
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Now's your chance to share your vision. #UKSF26
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#UKSF26
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Missed our post last week on session proposals for #UKSF26?
💡Got a great idea? Don’t sit on it. Seize your chance to shape this year’s programme at #UKSF26
Our guide makes it easy 👉tinyurl.com/24skfhpe
Submit by 16 March 👉uksf26.eventsair.site
🚀 Big news! For the first time ever, all UKSF delegates can propose a session for #UKSF26.
Got an idea that will inspire, challenge or spark change? We want to hear it!
Submissions open now 👉 uksf26.com
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📢The UK Stroke Forum is now on LinkedIn! 🎉
We’ll be sharing conference updates, news and must‑see content for stroke professionals across the UK and beyond.
Join the conversation — follow us and spread the word!
👉 www.linkedin.com/company/uk-stroke-forum
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVfdvnDUP0&feature=youtu.be
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.
#UKSF25 in Aberdeen highlighted something special — the power of community.
From local partnerships to community education, our impact and legacy in Aberdeen is helping transform stroke care and has built lasting connections.
Via @PandJLive 🎥 youtu.be/1kGUZgR_Fjs
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The new year is in full swing – have you updated your calendars yet? 📅 #UKSF26 is on 2–4 Dec at ACC Liverpool.
Expect bold ideas, top speakers & powerful connections. Follow us here & on BlueSky or click below to subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates.
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📢SAVE THE DATE for #UKSF26
We’re wrapping up 2025 in style at Team UKSF 🎉But before the celebrations kick in, we’ve already circled 2 – 4 December 2026 in our diaries! UKSF is heading to ACC Liverpool – join us for big plans, big conversations and more… don’t miss it!
Two weeks since #UKSF25 and the buzz hasn’t stopped!
What breakthrough ideas or inspiring moments have you been sharing?
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#UKSF25 ✅
Twenty years of turning evidence into action, learning from lived experience, challenging inequality, building momentum for policy change, and celebrating the successes of the stroke community.
See you in Liverpool for #UKSF26. Now… my carriage awaits. 🚁
We also paid tribute to Pippa Tyrrell, who championed the power of lived experience, and whose leadership helped pave the way for truly patient-centred stroke care.
She always strove for fairness and, above all, “was an absolutely lovely human being.”
Welcome to the end of #UKSF25!
In the Closing Plenary, we heard about the power of the multidisciplinary team in supporting patients to actively engage in their recovery. But challenges remain, particularly around funding and resource.
“Start small and plan big to improve care.”
At #UKSF25, voices from the devolved nations highlighted gaps in stroke services & discussed how clinicians & researchers can drive change.
“We do not need more policies — they’re not sticking. We need practical action to make stroke a priority.”
Here’s what needs to change. 👇
Missed the Poster Presentations at #UKSF25? No problem!
All posters are available on the Crowd Comms app. Here’s an example of stroke in a young adult after chickenpox, and a reminder of why more research is needed.
The relationship is already well understood in children. 👇
Moving forward, we need more information about stroke experiences and interventions to inform future guidelines.
Practitioners also need protected time to build the therapeutic relationships that are vital for recovery & development, so survivors can progress in their recoveries.
“The therapeutic relationship is pivotal. By setting successive goals, and providing clear direction, stroke patients and survivors can continue to rebuild their lives.”
But the therapeutic process is undervalued and under resourced, because it suffers from a lack of “bling”.
“When do patients go from recovery, to discovery of themselves?”
Stroke stories are often dismissed as anecdotal, but Prof Frederike van Wijck used quotes from survivors to frame the journey from pre- to post-stroke, and the factors that can support that transition. #UKSF25
Offering meat-free lunches five days a week could save the NHS £2.2 billion annually, yet resistance to change remains.
A small study in New York found over 90% satisfaction with plant-based options, saving $0.59 per-person, and an estimated 36% reduction in emissions. #UKSF25
Up and at ’em!
The third and final day of #UKSF25 is underway, with plenty still to come including: the Princess Margaret Memorial Lecture, debates on acute management, powerful stroke survivor stories, and discussions on improving access to PFO closure for secondary prevention.
“Everyone in this room is a heartbeat away from a stroke,” said survivor Jeremy Dearling.
Should we screen the general population for AF, instead of waiting for a preventable crisis?
New analysis suggests AF screening could be an effective predictor of stroke. #UKSF25
What more can we do to advance stroke recovery?
“Nothing about us, without us.”
Lived experience should guide research, not only contribute data. To move forward, we have to harness emerging technologies, learn from global rehab research, and commit to excellence in every aspect of care. #UKSF25
Why are patients on dialysis more likely to have strokes?
The cause needs to be investigated further, but Prof Mark, showed that patients on dialysis experience a drop in blood flow to the brain, possibly because it has to pass in and out of a machine.
Kidney failure and stroke at #UKSF25.
“A lot of people on dialysis have strokes,” said Prof Patrick Mark.
“But patients on dialysis are always less likely to be admitted to a stroke unit, even though survival would be better.”
Patients on dialysis also have strokes younger.
Thanks to stroke survivors Caleb, Stacie, Sarah and Linda for sharing their experiences, and helping us to understand a little bit more about what it means to be a survivor.
“Don’t be a dick.”
One of the many takeaways from a stroke survivor session at #UKSF25, about how we can create SAFE spaces for patients.
Soon followed by the poignant reminder that, “Anyone in this room could be the next survivor.” Don’t take it for granted that you’re not.
In the Green Zone at #UKSF25, CEO of Trellis, Fiona Thackeray spoke about the power of social prescribing.
By growing plants, we can reduce:
▪️Inflammation
▪️Dementia risk
▪️Pain medication
“But you have to want to do it, and enjoy it,” and therein lie the benefits. 🌱
Stroke survivor Peter shared his story, describing the difficulty of not knowing what caused his stroke.
“If you are a stroke survivor, you live in fear that it might happen again”.
Receiving an AF diagnosis, starting treatment and management brought him real relief. #UKSF25
Another day, another Poster Presentation Session at #UKSF25.
Expect a diverse selection of studies across stroke prevention, acute management, and long-term recovery!
Come with curious minds and questions to discuss the findings and implications with authors.
