Heart Diseases: Coronavirus

(asked on 1st June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the guidance for people with heart disease is updated to include the effects of covid-19 on heart disease sufferers.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 8th June 2020

In partnership with NHS England and NHS Improvement, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has developed heart disease guidelines and evidence summaries with support from clinical specialists, the specialist societies and Royal Colleges to help the National Health Service and social care to respond quickly to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition, NHS England and NHS Improvement are accelerating some of the positive lessons learnt from the pandemic, such as the enhanced use of digital technology for cardiac rehabilitation and a greater application of remote consultations, to bring forward the delivery of some of the ambitions outlined within the Long Term Plan for patients with heart disease.

In parallel, to support cardiac services in England during the pandemic and restoration period, a national Cardiac Network has provided system support in collaboration with the Getting It Right First Time team, so that there is consistent advice to clinical teams on restoring services.

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