About the Author

Robert E.J. Ryder is Consultant Physician and Clinical IT Lead at City Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Birmingham. Dr M. Afzal Mir is Senior Lecturer and Consultant Physician at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff Dr Anne Freeman is Consultant Physician at Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, and Clinical Adviser and Chairwoman of the Welsh Stroke Alliance Dev Banerjee Department of Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and City Hospital, Birmingham N. Sukumar Department of Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and City Hospital, Birmingham Dr Edward Fogden is Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust