- 4G
fourth-generation broadband cellular network technology
- A&E
accident and emergency
- ACM
Association for Computing Machinery
- CAG
Clinical Advisory Group
- CINAHL
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
- CT
computerised tomography
- DiD
difference-in-differences
- DTN
door-to-needle
- ECG
electrocardiogram
- ED
emergency department
- EKHUFT
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- EMS
emergency medical services
- EQ
evaluation question
- FAST
Facial drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulties and Time
- GP
general practitioner
- HASU
hyper-acute stroke unit
- HRA
Health Research Authority
- HSDR
Health and Social Care Delivery Research
- IQR
inter-quartile range
- ISDN
Integrated Stroke Delivery Network
- IT
information technology
- K&CH
Kent and Canterbury Hospital
- LAS
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- MMAT
Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool
- MSU
mobile stroke unit
- NC
North Central
- NHNN
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- NIHR
National Institute for Health and Care Research
- NIHSS
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
- PPI
patient and public involvement
- PRISMA
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis
- PRISMA-ScR
PRISMA for Scoping Reviews
- QEQM
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital
- RAP
Rapid Assessment Procedures
- RCT
randomised controlled trial
- RoE
the rest of England
- RSET
Rapid Service Evaluation Team
- SECAmb
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- SSNAP
Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme
- TIA
transient ischaemic attack
- UCL
University College London
- UCLH
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
