Fifth report on the provision of services for patients with heart disease

• Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) Vol. 88; no. suppl 3; pp. iii1 - ii56
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society 01.11.2002; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Ambulatory Care - organization & administration; Angioplasty; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary Care Units - organization & administration; coronary heart disease; Coronary vessels; Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration; Delivery of Health Care - standards; Education, Medical, Continuing - organization & administration; Family physicians; Family Practice - organization & administration; Heart attacks; Heart Diseases - nursing; Heart Diseases - prevention & control; Heart Diseases - therapy; Heart surgery; Hospitalization; Hospitals, District - organization & administration; Hospitals, General - organization & administration; Humans; Medical Audit; Medical Informatics - organization & administration; Myocardial Revascularization; National Service Framework; Patient Care Team - organization & administration; Patient Participation; patient services; Patient-Centered Care; percutaneous coronary intervention; Physicians; Professional Practice - organization & administration; Provision of Services; Quality of Health Care; Risk; Risk factors; State Medicine - organization & administration; Thoracic Surgery - organization & administration; thrombolysis; United Kingdom; Veins & arteries; Workforce; United Kingdom > UK; England
• ISSN: 1355-6037; 1468-201X
• DOI: 10.1136/heart.88.suppl_3.iii1

Contributors Roger Hall, (Chairman) Royal College of Physicians Ranjit More, (Secretary) Royal College of Physicians John Camm, British Cardiac Society Howard Swanton, British Cardiac Society Huon Gray, British Cardiac Society Jane Flint, British Cardiac Society James Monro, Royal College of Surgeons & Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Bruce Keogh, Royal College of Surgeons & Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Frank Dunn, Edinburgh & Glasgow Royal Colleges of Physicians Olive Lewin (solicitor), Lay Member and Legal Adviser Eve Knight, Patient Representative, British Cardiac Patients Association Jill Riley, British Association for Nursing in Cardiac Care John Gibbs, British Paediatric Cardiac Association Catriona MacGregor, Society for Cardiac Technicians Iain Simpson, British Cardiac Society Mark Davis, Primary Care Cardiovascular Society Alan Maryon Davis, Epidemiology and Care in the Community Major comments received from: Petros Nihoyannopoulos, British Society of Echocardiography David Hackett, British Cardiac Society Keith Dawkins, British Cardiac Society Graham Leech, British Society of Echocardiography Kevin Jennings, British Cardiac Society Tom Quinn, Cardiac Nursing Sir Charles George, British Heart Foundation Raffi Kaprielian, Specialist Registrar in Cardiology Pippa Smith, Lay Summaries Major administrative and technical support Elizabeth Bergomi, preparation of report Kostas Kyriakis, technical support The purpose of the report The report seeks to define the present situation with regard to the provision of cardiovascular services in all areas of the health care system. Because tertiary centres usually have surrounding populations, they take on the role of secondary care for the population-that is, they act as a DGH for their local population.