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

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!