Included: all patients who were seen by a speech and language therapist within 72h of clock start are included in this indicator.
| Excluded: patients who were not seen by a speech and language therapist within 72 hours of clock start are excluded from this indicator |
For patients newly arriving at hospital, the time between clock start and being assessed by a speech and language therapist is the difference between the date and time of arrival (Q 1.13) and the date and time of assessment by speech and language therapist (Q 3.7).
For patients already in hospital at the time of their stroke (Q 1.10 is ‘Yes’), the time between clock start and being assessed by a speech and language therapist is the difference between the date and time of symptom onset (Q 1.11) and the date and time of assessment by speech and language therapist (Q 3.7).
Cohort median: To find the median time, all the times between clock start and assessment by speech and language therapist need to be listed from smallest to largest. The median is then the number in the middle of this list.
| For team-centred | For patient-centred |
| All patients in the team-centred 72h cohort who were seen by a speech and language therapist within 72h of clock start | All patients in the patient-centred 72h cohort who were seen by a speech and language therapist within 72h of clock start |
Example
Patient A arrived (clock start) at hospital at 12:57 on Tuesday. They were assessed by a SALT at 15:18 that same day. Patient A’s time from clock start to being assessed by a SALT was 2:21.
Patient B arrived (clock start) at hospital at 09:15 on Friday. They were assessed by a SALT at 19:16 that same day. Patient B’s time from clock start to being assessed by a SALT was 10:01.
Patient C arrived (clock start) at hospital at 13:08 on Sunday. They were not assessed by a SALT so are excluded.
Patient D arrived (clock start) at hospital at 22:00 on Friday. They were assessed by a SALT at 09:38 the following Monday. Patient D’s time from clock start to being assessed a SALT was 59:38.
Patient E arrived (clock start) at hospital at 03:15 on Monday. They were assessed by a SALT at 11:47 on Tuesday. Patient E’s time from clock start to being assessed by a SALT was 20:32.
Patient F arrived (clock start) at hospital at 23:33 on Wednesday. They were assessed by a SALT at 11:03 on Saturday. Patient F’s time from clock start to being assessed by a SALT was 60:00.
Listing in numerical order: 2:21 10:01 
The cohort median is 20 hours 32 minutes.