Heart disease framework aims to cut deaths in England

doi:10.1136/bmj.320.7236.665

BMJ 2000;320:665 ( 11 March )

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Heart disease framework aims to cut deaths in England

Susan Mayor , London

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A radical and far reaching programme designed to transform the prevention diagnosis, and treatment of coronary heart diseasein England has been announced, with the launch earlier this weekof the long awaited national service framework for coronary heartdisease.

The framework sets out a 10 year programme designed to achieve the government target of cutting coronary heart disease andstroke by 40%by 2010. It sets 12 standards for the prevention,diagnosis, and treatment of coronary heart disease; describesservice models; and explains how the standards can be deliveredand how progress will be monitored, with milestones andgoals.

These standards include general measures (such as the requirement that the NHS and partner agencies should develop, implement,and monitor policies that reduce the prevalence of coronary riskfactors in the population) as well as specific measures (suchas the recommendation that people with symptoms of a possibleheart attack should receive help from . . . [Full text of this article]

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