Published on 26/08/2009
A national clinical advisor has warned that many people are not getting essential rehabilitation care after a
heart attack.
Dr Jane Flint, who works for NHS Improvement, a body closely linked with the British
Cardiovascular Society and the British Heart Foundation said that often, no such rehabilitation is offered.
Her comments come after a recent National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation found that only a third of
heart attack sufferers were involved in a rehab programme.
"It is disappointing that this third year of this audit has as yet shown no major improvement," she said.
"The situation is that most who don't go to rehab or don't get the chance, it is because it is not being offered because sadly the furthest development locally is not sufficient to cope with the workload."
Recently the British Heart Foundation indicated that two-thirds of
heart attack patients were failing to receive the potentially life-saving service they required.
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