Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish examples from within the NHS of (a) innovative care and (b) best practice for patients receiving treatment on NHS England’s Cardiology Service; and if he will make a statement.

The National Health Service is accelerating the enhanced use of digital technology for cardiac rehabilitation and increasing the use of remote consultations. NHS England and NHS Improvement and Health Education England have developed e-learning to support primary care professionals to recognise the symptoms of heart failure, diagnose, manage and support heart failure patients.

The online Heart Age Test provided through the Better Health Campaign allows an immediate indication of a user’s potential cardiovascular risk by providing their estimated heart age, compared to their real age.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) develops evidence-based guidance for the NHS on best practice for those patients receiving cardiology treatment. NICE’s guidelines should be taken fully into account by healthcare professionals in the care and treatment of individual patients.