Overview of our conference
The WSC is Wales’s largest multidisciplinary conference for stroke healthcare and other professionals. It provides a platform for networking opportunities for experts and novices working within stroke to share ideas, innovations, and experiences so they can learn from each other and foster collaborative opportunities thus ultimately improving standards of care for stroke survivors across Wales.
It is the ideal opportunity to have a focus on the Welsh Government’s direction for stroke whilst referring to international evidence-based guidance. As health is devolved to Wales, it’s a good forum to discuss the Welsh perspective whilst working in a global context.
Benefits of attending WSC
Whether the WSC is virtual or in person, it has always attracted world-class speakers and leading physicians. In 2024, we were delighted to be joined by many eminent stroke professionals from Wales, the rest of the UK and abroad, and in particular by Dr Hamsaraj Shetty, MBE from the University Hospital of Wales who delivered the Bhowmick Lecture.
As always, each year will give delegates the opportunity to:
- Gain relevant CPD accredited professional training
- Discover the latest research and service developments with exciting lectures, parallel sessions and a highly useful research half day
- Showcase your work by submitting an abstract/poster for presentation at the event and for early researchers to both showcase their work and receive feedback and guidance from experts in the field
Our conference aims to:
- Provide robust evidence-based learning
- Improve service delivery
- Further attendees’ overall knowledge and understanding of current local and international research and practice in care and management of stroke patients.
- Improve attendees’ skills in the treatment and care of stroke survivors
- Inspire attendees to achieve personal excellence in care of stroke survivors
- Take away new developments and ideas to progress their workplace services to stroke survivors
- Ultimately improve stroke survivors’ clinical outcomes
Our audience
The Welsh Stroke Conference encourages healthcare professionals and academics connected with stroke care in Wales, and further afield in England, Scotland and abroad to attend. This includes the doctors, nurses and all the allied health professionals. We encourage staff of all grades to attend and benefit from the excellent programs developed each year.