Stroke professionals throughout Scotland can now develop a better understanding of how stroke patients are managed during the stroke pathway thanks to a new, educational board game!

Developed by Focus Games, the Stroke Game is designed to improve understanding of patients at the four key stages of the pathway: emergency, acute, rehabilitation and community.

The game - which is suitable for all professionals, whether specialist or non-specialist – should last between 45 and 60 minutes and works for between four and twelve players working in two teams, and is designed to stimulate discussion and reflection.

The Stroke Game has been backed by ABPI Scottish Cardiovascular Disease Industry Group in partnership with Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland and NHS Lanarkshire Stroke Services and was officially launched at the Scottish Stroke Nurses Forum annual conference last month. The ABPI has already bought 100 copies of the game and has distributed them to every stroke unit and stroke coordinator throughout Scotland and to every university which has student nurses.