East Cheshire Cardiovascular Project

This project is a voluntary Enhanced Service offered to practices in Cheshire East Place aimed at improving the several aspects of Cardiovascular care. It includes work on the 3 risk factors, AF, Blood Pressure and Cholesterol and work on improving and harmonising the care of Coronary Heart Disease, Cerebrovascular Disease and Heart Failure. The programme consists of Case finding to improve and make more accurate disease registers, Recording relevant information in a coded form to help analysis and audit and Reviewing patient’s care to ensure Nice and other guidance is being followed including prescribing medications that may have in year effects on whole system as well as person specific benefits. The project includes downloading and installing a range of pre-built searches and a programme of work to be done on them followed by some reporting. This bundle includes a short video explaining the process and some useful information that can be found in the Documents Tab.