British Association for Cardiac Rehabilitation
The BACR mission is achieved through its membership and professional duties and sets out to promote a comprehensive approach that incorporates the prevention of a cardiac and vascular disease and successful rehabilitation of patients following a cardiac event.
Aims
- To ensure that in association with its members it fosters best practice of CR
- To ensure that its members are skilled and competent in the delivery of a fair and equality driven service
- To offer quality education through new and innovative courses aimed at supporting practitioners to deliver an evidence based service
- To campaign for a better CR services for its members and patients
The greatest challenge is uptake and inequality of provision
The 2008 NACR showed that the uptake for CR is, at best, modest for most patient groups, and more needs to be done to ensure a more equitable provision.
Priorities
- To campaign for a properly funded service by 2011
- To ensure the implementation of the NICE CR guidance by the end of 2010
- To develop a wider range of educational programmes and professional training for new and existing rehabilitation practitioners
- To work with the BCS, BHF, Heart Care Partnership (UK) and the NHS to ensure that patients get the best evidence based service possible
- To audit CR services annually via the NACR
The greatest challenge is uptake and inequality of provision:
The 2008 national audit of CR (NACR 2008) showed that the uptake for CR is, at best, modest for most patient group and more needs to be done to ensure a more equitable provision.
Web: www.bcs.com
Lulu Ho, Affiliates Co-ordinator, British Cardiovascular Society, 9 Fitzroy Square , London , W1T 5HW
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7692 5414
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7388 0903