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Heart disease is recognised as one of the biggest killers in the United Kingdom and has been targeted as a key area, by the Government, for quality improvement within the National Health Service. Added to this, recent adverse publicity focusing upon results in cardiac surgery has increased the pressures on clinicians to monitor performance. As purchasers begin to invest heavily in preventative and therapeutic strategies for coronary heart disease, it is naturally expected that the provision of cardiac interventional services will be of high quality and committed to continuous improvement, and that providers of such care have evidence of this.

The two common procedures performed on patients with coronary artery disease are coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI).

The North West Quality Improvement Programme in Cardiac Interventions was developed from the North West Regional Cardiac Surgery Audit project which had developed an audit standard for cardiac surgical mortality. Since starting in 1997, we have developed a variety of techniques including statistical process control charts for monitoring the effects of change in clinical practice across time; cumulative summation charts to define the limits of acceptable clinical performance; multi-professional site visits and meetings; and patient follow-up to measure quality of life. To find out more, please click here.

In recognition of the collaborations innovative work we won the 2003 HSJ award for Improvement in Performance Management and have moved on to publish surgeons specific mortality data.

Click here for the latest cardiac surgery results in the North West of England.

Click here for the latest percutaneous coronary intervention results in the North West of England.

Winner of the 2003 HSJ Award for Improvment in Performance Management

 
 

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