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Report out today highlights progress in cardiovascular care and makes recommendations for improvement
The National Cardiac Audit Programme’s annual report details key information about the safety and clinical effectiveness of cardiovascular services, and also patient outcomes in England and Wales. The report from the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) recognises areas of clinical excellence that can be adopted across the NHS, identifies areas where care falls below expected standards and makes 16 important recommendations to improve patient outcomes.
Professor John Deanfield, Director of NICOR, explains: “This report is the first National Cardiac Audit Programme report, bringing together the 6 major national cardiovascular audits for the first time in a single report. The programme has analysed data from over 300,000 patients. This report has been supported by UCL Partners and includes the results of five of these audits, covering the fields of Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Angioplasty, Adult Surgery and Heart Failure. The results of the Cardiac Rhythm Management audit will be presented later in a separate report. Hospitals are provided with their own data for each metric and can see how they compare with others. These results help determine national quality improvement aims for clinicians, service managers and commissioners.”
The full analyses, including hospital level data for all the sub audits, and a summary of the key messages and recommendations, can be accessed via NICOR’s website https://www.nicor.org.uk/national-cardiac-audit-programme/ |
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