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NHS Makes Outstanding Progress In Treatment Of Heart Disease, UK
The NHS has made outstanding progress in the management of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) according to two reports published
recently.
The target of reducing deaths from CVD for people under 75 by 40 per
cent has been met by the Department of Health five years early,
according to the Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) National Service
Framework (NSF) Progress Report.
Contributing factors to early delivery of this target include the
following service improvements to the treatment of heart attack:
Emergency care is delivering thrombolysis more quickly for people
suffering a heart attack. In early 2001, 24 per cent of patients
received thrombolysis within 60 minutes of a call for help; now it is
almost 70 per cent
Waiting times for heart surgery have dropped dramatically since the
inception of the NSF - no patients are waiting over three months for
heart surgery compared with over 5,500 in 2000
Prescriptions for cholesterol-reducing statins have more than doubled
over the last three years, cutting both mortality from CHD and the
yearly number of heart attacks
The report also reflects on the considerable success of the £735
million Capital Programme in providing world-class facilities for
treating patients with CHD.
The programme has provided new and refurbished buildings, equipment
and technology, including cardiothoracic centres.  An additional 72
additional catheter laboratories have been provided and 18 others
have been replaced.
These new facilities have provided the setting for substantially
increased numbers of cardiologists.  Latest figures show that in
September 2006, numbers of cardiologists increased by 61% and numbers
of cardiothoracic surgeons increased 32% since 1999/2000.
The National Service Framework for CHD (March 2000) set out a ten
year framework for action to prevent disease, tackle inequalities,
save more lives, and improve the quality of life for people with
heart disease. We are now saving more than 22,000 lives per year.
Health Minister, Ann Keen said:
"We have made ongoing and sustainable improvements to the treatment
of heart disease that have dramatically reduced mortality rates. This
is an outstanding achievement by all NHS staff and I would like to
pay tribute to all the hard work and dedication that has made it
possible.
"Our substantial investment in this area through the Capital
Programme has made a significant contribution to patients' quality of
care by both improving diagnosis and reducing waiting times."
The interim results of the National Infarct Angioplasty Project
(NIAP), also published today, further demonstrate the Government's
commitment to tackling CVD and improving the treatment offered to
patients.
This joint Department of Health / British Cardiovascular Society
study, examines the feasibility of offering primary angioplasty as
the nation's first line treatment for heart attack.
Currently, thrombolysis is the most common method for unblocking
arteries carrying blood to the heart muscle. An alternative,
coronary angioplasty, is widely believed to provide superior outcomes
compared to thrombolysis, provided that it can be delivered quickly.
The NIAP interim report presents findings from 'real life' services
which accord with findings from recent clinical trials. It has been
looking at the practicalities and challenges of offering angioplasty
as an emergency treatment in different medical settings and
geographical locations across the country.
Key findings include:
- The development of primary angioplasty services is feasible in a
variety of geographic settings;
- Establishing a primary angioplasty service requires a
multidisciplinary approach and good communication between all
stakeholders; and
- Acceptable times to treatment are achievable by direct, or indirect,
admission to a primary angioplasty centre. Direct admission to the
catheter laboratory at a primary angioplasty centre achieves the
fastest times.
National Clinical Director for Heart Disease and Stroke, Roger Boyle
said:
"The interim results of the study are encouraging and suggest that
for a large part of the country, a primary angioplasty strategy is
both feasible and would improve patients' outcomes.
"The Department of Health's investment in the study is a testament to
its ongoing commitment to tackle cardiovascular heart disease."
The NIAP exemplifies the Government's use of clinical evidence to
identify the most effective health services.  Its interim results
will be useful in supporting local work on the second stage of Lord
Darzi's NHS Review, which is looking at how to deliver a world class
service for the NHS."
A further report on NIAP, to be published later this year, will
consider costs, workforce implications, the patient experience and
patients' follow up data one year on.
Notes:
1. Two capital development programmes have supported locally
determined priorities with total investment of £735 million:
- Revascularisation capital programme - started in 2001 and due to
complete in 2009 - £613 million funded by the Department of Health
(DH) and Strategic Health Authorities
- Big Lottery Fund catheter laboratory programme - started in 2001 and
completed in 2006 - £122 million, funded half by the Lottery and half
by the DH
2. The aims of these programmes were to:
- improve and increase local access for appropriate interventions
provide modern state of the art facilities and equipment for patients
and
clinicians
- replace old and out of date equipment
- support the transfer of appropriate services from tertiary to
secondary settings
- provide more catheter laboratory facilities in District General
Hospitals
3. Inequalities in the death rate from heart disease, stroke and
related diseases among the under 75s have been narrowing for the past
eight years. The absolute gap between the England average and the
fifth of areas with the worst health deprivation scores has reduced
by 32% since 1995-7.
4. Thrombolysis is a treatment for unblocking arteries with clot
busting drugs.
5. Coronary angioplasty involves inserting, then inflating, a small
balloon in the blocked coronary artery, leaving a rigid support, or
'stent', which restores blood flow. This procedure is carried out
in a cardiac catheter laboratory.
6. There are different models of delivering primary angioplasty, for
example, some patients are assessed first in the nearest hospital's A
& E then transferred to a primary angioplasty centre, to the catheter
lab. Some are assessed by ambulance crew and taken to a hospital
which is primary angioplasty centre where they arrive in A & E first
before transfer to the catheter lab. The ideal model which achieves
the fastest times is assessment by ambulance crew and transfer
directly to a catheter lab in a primary angioplasty centre bypassing
more local hospitals and A & E in the centre
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