Table 3 Patients' experiences of care compared with audit data on clinical process standards.

Audit result		Overall patient experience score
		n	Median (IQR)	p Value*
Over 50% of stay in stroke unit	Yes	371	81 (63–92)	<0.001
	No	297	73 (54–88)
Screening for swallowing <24 h	Yes	429	80 (61–92)	0.02
	No	200	76 (52–90)
Brain scan <24 h stroke	Yes	279	78 (61–92)	0.38
	No	229	81 (63–91)
Commenced aspirin <48 h of stroke	Yes	414	79 (61–91)	0.46
	No	126	81 (61–92)
Assessed by physiotherapist <72 h of admission	Yes	455	80 (54–89)	0.002
	No	190	71 (61–92)
Assessed by occupational therapist <7 days of admission	Yes	340	80 (61–92)	0.008
	No	178	76 (50–88)
Weighed at least once during admission	Yes	328	77 (60–91)	0.43
	No	335	80 (60–91)
Mood assessed	Yes	296	77 (60–90)	0.34
	No	367	80 (61–92)
On antithrombotic therapy by discharge	Yes	585	78 (61–91)	0.33
	No	23	75 (55–86)
Rehabilitation goals agreed by multi‐disciplinary team	Yes	373	78 (61–92)	0.29
	No	164	76 (55–90)
Home visit performed	Yes	198	76 (61–90)	0.42
	No	73	81 (57–93)

*Mann‐Whitney test.