The NACR is a charity funded body that resides within the University of York in association with the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
It is funded by the British Heart Foundation.
Established ten years ago, and has shown a consistent positive impact of CR in the UK participating population.
The most recent report has changed with reporting now being performed at the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) level, and the results were:
1. CR programmes are treating more patients than ever but more needs to be done to recruit and refer a greater percentage of patients from the eligible groups.
This is particularly the case for medically managed post MI patients and elective PCI patients.
2. There is an urgent need for CR services not meeting the minimum standards to redesign their services to align with national guidance and evidence-based practice. Specifically this means that those programmes not adhering fully to clinical and national guidance should:
i. start CR earlier for all patient groups
ii. carry out pre CR assessment early and use this data to tailor the intervention
iii. ensure that the duration of CR is aligned with national guidance
iv. complete and record an end of CR assessment (post CR)
v. submit data on CR delivery and patient outcomes to the national audit
The most recent report has changed with reporting now being performed at the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) level, and the results were:
1. CR programmes are treating more patients than ever but more needs to be done to recruit and refer a greater percentage of patients from the eligible groups.
This is particularly the case for medically managed post MI patients and elective PCI patients.
2. There is an urgent need for CR services not meeting the minimum standards to redesign their services to align with national guidance and evidence-based practice. Specifically this means that those programmes not adhering fully to clinical and national guidance should:
i. start CR earlier for all patient groups
ii. carry out pre CR assessment early and use this data to tailor the intervention
iii. ensure that the duration of CR is aligned with national guidance
iv. complete and record an end of CR assessment (post CR)
v. submit data on CR delivery and patient outcomes to the national audit
Professor Patrick Doherty is Chair of Cardiovascular Health in the Department of Health Sciences and Director of the National Audit for Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR). Patrick is Deputy Head of Department with lead responsibility for research across a range of multi disciplinary research groups. Professor Doherty was former Chair and is a current member of the Training and Career Progression Committee with responsibility for monitoring equality of opportunity for all staff in respect of training and career progression including oversight of Concordat, Athena Swan and gender equality charter.
