Community stories

Endurance racing is a test of mental toughness and the ability to manage setbacks. So is establishing a world class service in an under-resourced and frequently overcrowded healthcare setting. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.

Working in stroke care combines everything she believes in, SAFE president Prof. Harriet Proios says – “helping people, building communities, education, science, advocacy and creating change”.

There’s a moment in every movement when the impossible becomes inevitable, writes Jan van der Merwe in his introduction to a recent edition of The Angels Journey.

Angels Day Indonesia delivered a memorable experience for participants who enjoyed two days packed with insightful knowledge-sharing plus practical skills that will raise standards in stroke care at the participating hospitals, and ultimately save lives.

The distance between Helsinki and the south of Spain is over 4,000 km, but for these Andalusian nurses, a postcard sent from ESOC reduced it to nothing at all.

A team of nurses in Chile accepted a challenge to measure stroke care performance in order to improve and in the process transformed stroke care at their hospital. Angels consultant Luz Álvarez tells their story – and shares her own.