Clinical Audit

Dataset and Help Notes (October 2024)

• Ambulance dataset and help notes
• Inpatient dataset and help notes
• Community dataset and help notes
• Six month assessment dataset and help notes
• Northern Ireland datasets
• TIA dataset

See all 7 articles

SSNAP basics

• Who should start a SSNAP record?
• How to create a record
• What records should be added onto SSNAP?
• How to lock a record
• How to unlock a record
• How to delete a record

See all 12 articles

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

• Webtool: Ongoing issues and features pending
• Raising a new bug on the SSNAP webtool - form
• Dataset: patient consent
• Dataset: thrombectomy questions
• Dataset: hyperacute questions
• Dataset: initial therapy assessments and rehabilitation

See all 10 articles

Webtool transition

• Dataset Changes 2024 - Timeline
• Webtool transition: inpatient teams
• Webtool transition: community teams
• Webtool transition: 6m assessment providers
• How to register for the new SSNAP webtool as a new user after 1st October

Participation

• Case Ascertainment and Audit Compliance overview
• Case Ascertainment - How is it calculated?
• Amending your expected number of cases
• What are the requirements for a routinely admitting team (RAT)?
• Audit Compliance - How is it calculated? (new)
• Tips for improving your audit compliance score (new)

See all 7 articles

SSNAP scoring

• How are SSNAP scores calculated? (new scoring)
• Bespoke site-specific thrombolysis targets
• SSNAP Highlight Metrics
• Recalibration of SSNAP Scoring: Key Points
• New SSNAP key indicators and scoring 2025-Presentation
• Letter to SSNAP sites re recalibration June 2025

See all 7 articles

Mortality

• Mortality Information Sheet
• Outlier policy: SSNAP stroke mortality reporting

Exporting/importing SSNAP data

• How to set my team up to import into SSNAP
• Exporting data on the new webtool
• User guide for the encrypted download functionality (old webtool)
• Import/export specification new dataset
• Importing data into the new webtool (Inpatient teams)
• Importing data into the new webtool (community teams)

Data entry resources

• Therapy intensity calculators
• Online Indicators: See your data in real-time!

Pre October 2024

• Clinical Audit Datasets (pre October 2024)
• How are SSNAP scores calculated? (old scoring)
• Clinical Audit Help notes (pre October 2024)
• Exporting SSNAP Data (old webtool)

6-Month Assessments

• Using the 6 month assessment Look Up Tool
• Asking for consent during 6 month assessment
• What counts as a "no but" for a 6 month assessment (Q8.1)?
• If a patient suffers another stroke before their 6 month assessment is due, which stroke record on SSNAP should the 6 month assessment information be entered for?

ESD and Community

• Self-assessment guidance for service types delivering community stroke care
• Ability for community teams to start a SSNAP record
• When to end the record

National Data Opt-Out

• National Data Opt-Out Exemption

Custom Fields

• "Additional Questions" Now Available to All Teams

Ambulance dataset

• Exporting data on the new webtool (ambulance trusts)
• Importing data into the new webtool (ambulance trusts)
• What should I do if a record was an inter-facility transfer?
• How to complete a record assigned to my ambulance trust (on the new webtool)
• What should I do for records incorrectly assigned to my ambulance service?
• How do I complete records for patients who were not identified as stroke by my ambulance service?

See all 11 articles