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National Campaign for Cardiac Rehab - an update for the BACR Friday 3rd October 2008

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

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National Campaign for Cardiac Rehab - an update for the BACR Friday 3rd October 2008

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  1. National Campaign for Cardiac Rehab - an update for the BACR Friday 3rd October 2008 Ruairi OConnor Policy & Public Affairs

  2. Overview • What we’ve done • Successes • New opportunities

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. What’s the campaign done? • People power • Direct lobbying • Parliamentary work • Working with Government • DH prioritisation • Four nations • Awareness raising • Media work • Four nations

  6. 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

  7. Parliamentary protest

  8. 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

  9. In the media

  10. In the media

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Your voice counts Visit our stand for updates… give us more great campaigning ideas… and…engage with the CVC Green Paper!

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