About the Authors

Benjamin D. Bray

benjamin.bray@kcl.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Health and Social Care Research, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Salma Ayis

Affiliation Division of Health and Social Care Research, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

James Campbell

Affiliation Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom

Geoffrey C. Cloud

Affiliation St. George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Martin James

Affiliation Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Devon, United Kingdom

Alex Hoffman

Affiliation Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom

Pippa J. Tyrrell

Affiliation Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom

Charles D. A. Wolfe

Affiliations Division of Health and Social Care Research, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Anthony G. Rudd

Affiliations Division of Health and Social Care Research, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

AR is National Clinical Director for Stroke, NHS England. AH and JC are employed in managing and carry out SINAP and national audit of stroke care in England. PJT, AH, AR, GCC, and MJ are members of the Royal College of Physicians (London) Intercollegiate Working Party on Stroke. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BDB JC AH MJ GCC PJT. Analyzed the data: BDB SA. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: BDB AGR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BDB SA JC GC MJ AH PJT CDAW AGR. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: BDB SA JC GC MJ AH PJT CDAW AGR. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: BDB SA JC GC MJ AH PJT CDAW AGR.