We had a successful face-to-face presence at the European Stroke Organisation Conference 2022 – the first since the start of the pandemic.
Some of the highlights include:
- A Stroke Action Plan for Europe (SAP-E) workshop where Arlene Wilkie, presented alongside Hanne Christensen (Denmark) and Bo Norving (Sweden). Romania shared their experiences of improving stroke care and Ukraine, Portugal, Italy and Armenia shared their successes to date.
- SAFE President, Harriet Proios, as well as presenting SAP-E awards to Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Germany, Greece and Serbia, for their work in promoting SAP-E, spoke of the importance of SAP-E in improving stroke care for stroke survivors.
- At our SAFE stand, we promoted our projects, including the Angels Stroke Survivors pack and the European Life After Stroke Forum. We also presented at our EU research project partner Tension meeting on the latest EU research dissemination activities that took place during Brain Awareness Week in March.
- Harriet gave a moving presentation on the FAST Heroes initiative, Saving the World One Grandparent at a Time, demonstrating the impact successful educational and prevention campaigns can have.
- Rubina Ahmed, SAFE Board member from the Stroke Association, UK, took part in a panel interview on the patient perspective and how to involve stroke survivors in research.
- Harriet interviewed a PhD student on their research on the schools-based FAST HEROES educational programme in Greece – you can watch it here https://www.oruen.com/home-video/esoc-2022-studios-angels
