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Inclusion Criteria: * People aged ≥18 years at the time of diagnosis with symptomatic stroke due to first-ever or recurrent spontaneous (non-traumatic) ICH, most likely to be due to cerebral small vessel disease, confirmed by brain imaging between 1 October 2023 and 30 June 2025 inclusive * One or more management uncertainties exist about the patient's management according to the patient/nearest relative and their responsible clinician * Patient or their nearest relative can be approached for consent to participation in this feasibility study with the aid of simple information delivered by Tailored Talks * Residential postcode in the National Health Service (NHS) Lothian or NHS Lanarkshire regions of Scotland Exclusion Criteria: * People aged \<18 years at the time of ICH diagnosis * Exclusively extra-axial intracranial haemorrhage or ICH definitely attributable to a macrovascular cause (e.g. aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, cavernoma, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis), tumour, trauma or haemorrhagic transformation of an ischaemic stroke * Responsible clinician deems it inappropriate to approach the patient or their nearest relative (e.g. death appears imminent) * Mental incapacity and no nearest relative, welfare attorney or welfare guardian available at the time of approach * Patient died before approached for consent