Table 7.

Schedule of enrolment, interventions and assessments

TIMEPOINT	Study period
	Pre-intervention activities	Randomisation	Intervention			Post-intervention activities		Close-out/completion of trial
	Q4 2022	Q1 2023	Q2–Q4 2023			Q4 2023–Q3 2024		Q4 2024
ENROLMENT:	x	x
Eligibility screen	x	x
Informed Agreement	x	x
HREC and Governance applications	x	x
Baseline data collection	x	x
Randomisation of hospitals		x
INTERVENTION			High facilitation	Low facilitation	Control
Baseline audit and feedback report			x	x
Email FeSS Protocols					x
Videoconference 1			x
Email link to online FeSS education package			x	x
Videoconference 2			x
Multidisciplinary Team barrier assessment workshop (Action plan development)			x	x
Videoconference 3			x
Education sessions for stroke unit/stroke service clinicians			x	x
Recruitment of clinicians for process evaluation interviews and focus groups			x	x	x
Videoconference 4			x
3 months bedding down of FeSS Protocols			x	x	x
Post-intervention audit data collection			x	x	x	x
Post-intervention audit and feedback report			x	x
ASSESSMENTS
Overall FeSS adherence composite measure	x					x
Individual monitoring and treatment elements of the FeSS Protocols	x					x
Death and dependency (mRS) sub-study only	x					x
EQ-5D-3L questionnaire sub-study only	x					x
Costs of implementing the FeSS Protocols	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Process evaluation interviews and focus groups						x	x
Economic evaluation						x	x	x