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BACPR launch new edition of Standards & Core Components for 2017
The BACPR Standards & Core Components are regarded as the ‘gold standard’ for the provision of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation across the UK. The third edition of the BACPR Standards & Core Components represents current evidence-based practice and a pragmatic overview of the structure and function of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Programmes (CPRPs) in the UK. “In summary, CR reduces both cardiovascular mortality and episodes of acute hospitalisation whilst also improving functional capacity and perceived quality of life.” The previously described seven Standards have now been reduced to six but without sacrificing any of the key elements and with greater emphasis placed on measurable clinical outcomes, audit and certification. Similarly the second edition provided an overview of seven Core Components felt to be essential for the delivery of quality prevention and rehabilitation, and this too has been reduced to six. The interplay between cardio-protective therapies and medical risk factors is almost impossible to disentangle for the vast majority of patients. These have been combined into a single Core Component - 'medical risk management’. This updated and revised edition is designed to build upon the success of the earlier publications and to refocus the attention of commissioners, health-care professional, politicians and the public on the critical importance of robust, quality markers of service structure and content. The overarching aim of the Standards & Core Components remains unchanged - to provide a blueprint upon which all effective prevention and rehabilitation services are designed and a template through which any variation in the quality of service delivery can be assessed.
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