Cardiovascular disease CVD Central Providing free resources to support detection and management of high-risk conditions. CVD Central provides free resources that are available to download by any organisation in the country. These resources support the detection and management of: Atrial Fibrillation Blood pressure Cholesterol Heart Failure If you would like a word document version of any of the resources, get in touch. Atrial Fibrillation This resource pack covers clinical pathways and patient information to support clinicians with the detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) using KardiaMobile devices. Download Blood Pressure This resource pack covers clinical pathways and patient information to support clinicians with the detection of hypertension, including BP@Home. Download Cholesterol This resource pack covers clinical pathways and patient information to support clinicians with the primary and secondary prevention lipid management. Download Cholesterol animations As part of the national Lipid Management and Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) programme, Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley, along with North East North Cumbria HIN, NHS England, Spoonful of Sugar, Heart UK and Creative Connection Animation Studio, worked with patients and clinicians to develop a series of animated videos and leaflets. The animations are available in eight languages. Access all animations and resources here Familial Hypercholesterolaemia This toolkit includes the UCLPartners proactive care frameworks on detecting and managing Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH), including patient resources. Download Guidance to support implementation of novel lipid lowering therapies NICE TA694: Bempedoic acid with Ezetimibe (Nilemdo and Nustendi): for treating primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia NICE TA805: Icosapent ethyl (Vazkepa) with Statin therapy for reducing the risk of cardiovascular events in people with raised triglycerides NICE TA733: Inclisiran (Leqvio) for treating primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia Resource pack: Inclisiran implementation pack to support primary care: Download Summary of patient information on Inclisiran (print or link to text or email): Download Heart Failure This Heart Failure Diagnostic and Treatment Pathways have been developed to support Primary Care, they have been standardised for use, to provide clear and simple guidance that facilitates referrals to diagnostic and heart failure treatment services and provides an additional resource to support patient management. Overview paper Download Heart Failure Pathway: Sussex Health and Care ICB Download Patient information: Heart Failure Advice, Self-management and Guidance pack (print or link to text or email) Download Available for spread and adoption to any organisation in the country: The Heart Failure pathway is generic, the unbranded version is free and available to be adopted by any organisation around the country: Download Options: we can add your organisation’s logo to the top of the front cover, or we can share the design files, and your organisation will need Adobe InDesign to edit. If you would like to adopt the pathway in full or adapt / edit for local use and would like support or more information, please contact the Health Innovation KSS CVD team. Useful resources You can find more useful resources by visiting these organisations: ← → Related news, case studies and events Updated Sussex Heart Failure pathway published for primary care The Sussex Health and Care Primary Care Heart Failure Diagnostic and Treatment Pathway is a consolidation of the heart failure diagnostic and treatment pathways, and has now been updated to reflect latest guidance. News 20 Aug 2024 More Kent and Medway Innovation for Healthcare Inequalities Programme (InHIP) The Kent and Medway InHIP project’s primary aim was to improve access to care, detection and effective management of hypercholesterolemia to reduce risk of CVD morbidity and mortality, with particular focus on improving access to screening and treatment in the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs). Case StudyNews 30 Mar 2024 More Surrey Innovation for Healthcare Inequalities Programme (InHIP) The Surrey Heartlands InHIP project’s primary aim was to increase access to high cholesterol and familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) screening and associated treatments in the community, focusing on populations from deprived areas, Black and Asian minority ethnic groups, and those ineligible for NHS health checks, largely due to age. Case StudyNews 30 Mar 2024 More COPD Discharge Bundle Programme Qualitative Report This report shares the impact of the KSS COPD Discharge Bundle programme on clinical teams and KSS Respiratory Network members. News 28 Mar 2024 More Kent & Medway Women’s Health Innovation Summit unites NHS and industry to close gender health gap Kent & Medway’s first ever Women’s Health Innovation Summit took place last week (6th March), bringing together local leaders to revolutionise women’s health and close the gender health gap. News 15 Mar 2024 More SE Lipids Management success More than 400 people registered for last week’s South-East Lipids Management webinar, which was the first in a series of... Blog 11 May 2022 More Meet the innovator: Dr Rachael Grimaldi, Co-Founder of Cardmedic Meet Dr Rachael Grimaldi, Co-Founder of CardMedic, a company which improves patient experience and safety by overcoming communication barriers between patients and clinicians BlogNews 31 Mar 2022 More Blog: Insulin injection and a hundred year innovation journey 100 years since the first diabetes patient was injected with insulin, Jill Owens, Programme Manager, KSS AHSN, considers the importance of innovation to improve patient care and outcomes - and how AHSNs can help BlogNews 11 Jan 2022 More Spread and adoption Spread and adoption The AHSN Network supports adoption of innovations identified by the Accelerated Access Collaborative and those that the... 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