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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Heart Diseases: Rehabilitation (12 November 2021)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to increase access to cardiac rehabilitation.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

Answer

The NHS Long Term Plan committed to improve care and outcomes for people with cardiovascular disease. To increase access to cardiac rehabilitation, NHS England and NHS Improvement are accelerating lessons learned from the pandemic, such as the enhanced use of digital technology and a greater application of remote consultations. This includes additional targeted funding for local National Health Service teams to enhance existing cardiac rehabilitation services.

NHS England and NHS Improvement have also partnered with University of Exeter to fund nationwide training of 60 cardiac healthcare professionals, to facilitate home based cardiac rehabilitation programmes, offering a choice of setting for heart failure patients.


Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
19 November 2021

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