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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all the participants and health professionals who helped us with this research.
Campbell Chalmers
Director of Advice and Support, Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland
Caroline Leigh Watkins
Professor of Stroke and Older People's Care, University of Central Lancashire
Catherine Sackley
Professor of Physiotherapy, The Department of Primary Care & General Practice, The University of Birmingham
Charles Warlow
Professor of Medical Neurology, The University of Edinburgh
Christina Meacham
Former Chief Executive, Different Strokes
David Lloyd
Patient Representative
Derick Wade
Consultant and Professor in Neurological Rehabiliation, Oxford Centre for Enablement
Joan Murphy
Senior Speech and Language Therapist and Clinical Research Fellow, University of Stirling
John Gladman
Professor in the Medicine of Older People, University of Nottingham
Jonathan Mant
Clinical Reader in Stroke Epidemiology, Department of Primary Care & General Practice, The University of Birmingham
Lesley Fleming
Occupational Therapist and Clinical, Research Fellow, University of Stirling
Mike Sage
Patient Representative
Peter Coleman
Deputy Director of Research and Development, The Stroke Association
Pip Logan
Principal Research Fellow in Occupational Therapy, University of Nottingham
Sue Ziebland
Research Director, Health Experiences Research Group, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford.
Susie Parr
Training Consultant, Connect - The Communication Disability Network