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19/01/2016
£2.7m Awarded To Improve Care For Stroke Patients
A Northern Ireland led consortium has been awarded £2.7million to improve care for stroke patients.
The money, from the EU's Horizon 2020 programme, aims to discover innovative approaches to post-stroke care with a view to improving the independence of stroke survivors.
The project, entitled Mobile Assistance for Groups and Individuals in the Community (MAGIC), will use pre-commercial procurement to engage industry providers who will be required to compete through several phases of solution development and testing.
Health Minister Simon Hamilton said: "The MAGIC project will enable us to work with other European regions and with industry to explore and develop innovative ways to empower patients post-stroke. It will allow us to find new approaches which will enable survivors of stroke to have a higher quality of life and reduce the need for long-term care."
It is estimated that stroke costs Northern Ireland’s health and social care service almost £240million every year. Currently, around a third of stroke patients suffer a decline in health and wellbeing post-stroke and it is recognised that many require additional support to achieve their optimum level of recovery.
The money, from the EU's Horizon 2020 programme, aims to discover innovative approaches to post-stroke care with a view to improving the independence of stroke survivors.
The project, entitled Mobile Assistance for Groups and Individuals in the Community (MAGIC), will use pre-commercial procurement to engage industry providers who will be required to compete through several phases of solution development and testing.
Health Minister Simon Hamilton said: "The MAGIC project will enable us to work with other European regions and with industry to explore and develop innovative ways to empower patients post-stroke. It will allow us to find new approaches which will enable survivors of stroke to have a higher quality of life and reduce the need for long-term care."
It is estimated that stroke costs Northern Ireland’s health and social care service almost £240million every year. Currently, around a third of stroke patients suffer a decline in health and wellbeing post-stroke and it is recognised that many require additional support to achieve their optimum level of recovery.
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