Heart Diseases

(asked on 4th September 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) were admitted to hospital for and (b) died from heart failure in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to improve patient outcomes for heart failure.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 14th September 2015

It is for NHS England, working with Public Health England (PHE) and other stakeholders, to implement the actions set out in the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Outcomes Strategy.

NHS England hosts an expert forum which brings together the relevant National Clinical Directors, the main relevant national charities, NHS Improving Quality, the National CVD Intelligence Network, PHE and the Department. This collaborative continues to coordinate delivery of the work which was initiated in the CVD Outcomes Strategy. In addition, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Heart Disease works with stakeholders on giving all cardiovascular disease patients, including those with heart disease, access to the right treatment.

As part of its work on the seven days services programme NHS Improving Quality has surveyed 24/7 diagnostic service provision (including cardiac physiology) and has announced early adopter seven day sites. One of these adopter sites focuses on provision of seven day services to support cardiac interventions and improved bed usage. More details can be found at:

http://www.nhsiq.nhs.uk/media/2422315/papworth_foundation_cs.pdf

NHS England and the Department continue to take forward work on the development of seven day services.

Information on the number of people who were admitted to hospital for and died from heart failure in each of the last five years is set out in the attached tables.

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