Stroke

Is married with two grown-up children. At the time of his stroke he was Head of News and Current Affairs, Channel 4 Television and is now a Visiting Professor at City University. Ethnic background/nationality' White/English.

Is a married father of 2 adult children and retired charity worker. Ethnic background/nationality' White/English.

Is a married father of 2 adult children and a retired civil servant. Ethnic background' White/Scottish.

Is a married mother of 6 adult children and a retired neuropsychology assistant. Ethnic background/nationality' White/English.

Is a married father with 2 adult children and a retired charity worker. Ethnic background/nationality' White/English.

Is a single man with no children and is a retired postman. Ethnic background/nationality' White/English.

Is divorced with no children and he is a retired dustman/ retained fire-fighter. Ethnic background/nationality' White/Scottish.

Is a married mother of two children and is carer. Ethnic background/nationality' Scottish.

Is a married father of 2 children and is a medically retired home office civil servant. Ethnic background/nationality' White/English.

Mr. Singh is a 65 year old retired postmaster. He experienced several strokes (the first one in 2003 and the last one 2010). His ethnic background is Indian Muslim.

David is a 62 year old retired monitoring officer. He experienced two strokes in 2003. His ethnic background is White British.

Jackie is a 61 year old retired property manager, who left work voluntarily after her stroke. Her ethnic background is White British.