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National Campaign for Cardiac Rehab - an update for the BACR Friday 3rd October 2008. Ruairi OConnor Policy & Public Affairs. Overview. What we’ve done Successes New opportunities. Campaign messages. Cardiac rehab saves lives Cardiac rehab is not expensive - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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National Campaign for Cardiac Rehab - an update for the BACR
Friday 3rd October 2008
Ruairi OConnor
Policy & Public Affairs
Overview
• What we’ve done
• Successes
• New opportunities
Campaign messages
• Cardiac rehab saves lives
• Cardiac rehab is not expensive
• Without it patients are 25% more likely to die within five years
• Yet, the NSF’s target of 85% accessibility to CR is still far from being met
National Audit 2008
There continues to be:
• a severe lack of CR provision in the UK
• massive inter and intra-regional variations in the level and standard of CR
• significant underfunding despite superb efforts of individual staff
What’s the campaign done?
• People power– Direct lobbying– Parliamentary work
• Working with Government– DH prioritisation– Four nations
• Awareness raising– Media work
• Four nations
People power
• 10,000 petition signatures and counting…
• Information shared with Health Ministers
• Email addresses helping us keep in touch with campaigners
• e-newsletter
• BHF’s Heart Support Groups
Parliamentary protest
Parliamentary work
• BHF meetings with key politicians– Party conferences 2007 and 2008
• e-advocacy email service– bhf.org.uk/cardiacrehab– 500 emails sent
• 100+ Hansard mentions
In the media
In the media
Successes so far
• England: Renewed DH activity– National Clinical Lead and National Clinical Adviser– NHS Heart Improvement Programme – pilot sites– Payment by Results Working Group
• Scotland: Significant CR commitments in July 2008 CHD and Stroke Strategy
• Wales: £2 million ring-fenced funding to stop CR programmes going under
New opportunities
• The NSF runs out in late 2009 – what’s next?• Election 2010
– Aim – to make CR a political issue
• Building up our campaigner support– Involving 300+ Heart Support Groups– Engaging PCTs - making the most of LINKs– Further progress in Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland
• Getting better case studies
Your voice counts
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