About SSNAP

The Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) is a major national healthcare quality improvement programme based in the School of Life Course and Population Sciences at King’s College London.  SSNAP measures the quality and organisation of stroke care in the NHS across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Involvement of people affected by stroke is at the heart of SSNAP’s work. We regularly meet patient groups to showcase reports and gain feedback about important issues for patients. At least two patient voice representatives sit on SSNAP’s steering group . SSNAP’s easy access version reports and annual report are written in close collaboration with patients. SSNAP also attends patient focused conferences across the country every year. Click here for more information about patient involvement, and for flyers, leaflets and reports.

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Is participation in SSNAP audits mandatory? 

The SSNAP clinical audit is one of the audits in the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) managed by HQIP and is included in Quality Accounts.

The core dataset for SSNAP is mandated for relevant providers: “The provider must participate in any national programme within the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme relevant to the services”: https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/ and https://www.hqip.org.uk/resource/hqip-statutory-and-mandatory-requirements-in-clinical-audit-guidance/. However, SSNAP would like providers to participate because they recognise the benefit to their stroke service.