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, CardiffDr Anne Freeman is Consultant Physician at Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, and Clinical Adviser and Chairwoman of the Welsh Stroke AllianceDr Edward Fogden is Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust