About the National Campaign for Cardiac Rehabilitation

TheNational Campaign for Cardiac Rehabilitation has been launched by British Heart Foundation alongside the British Association for Cardiac Rehabilitation.

The campaign is run separately in each UK nation. Partner organisations include Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland, the All Wales Cardiac Rehabilitation Working Group, Heart Care Partnership UK and Arrhythmia Alliance.

Currently, nearly 3 million people in the UK are living with the burden of heart disease, the country’s biggest killer. The campaign was launched because rehabilitation can save lives and improve quality of life, enabling heart patients to escape the fear and isolation that being diagnosed with heart disease or suffering a heart attack can bring.

It aims to ensure that high quality cardiac rehabilitation is available to all UK heart patients who can benefit from it.

You can find out more about why cardiac rehab is important by ordering or downloading the publications below.

	Cardiac Rehabilitation - Recovery or by-pass?  An easy-to-read guide to the arguments in favour of cardiac rehabilitation.	Download or order
	Patient Entitlement Card Information about what cardiac rehabilitation is and useful tips on speaking to health professionals about accessing it.	Download or order

National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation

The National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation is a BHF-funded project, recognised by UK governments, which forms part of the Central Cardiac Audit Dataset (CCAD) programme run by the NHS Information Centre. 

The project audits the number of patients seen in a year by cardiac rehabilitation programmes across the UK (60% of the total) and assesses the benefits for patients. 

The Annual Report is compiled by the BHF Care and Education Research Group at the University of York.

• Download report

• More on the project
  

To get in touch with us, please email campaigns@bhf.org.uk.

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