AQW 5886/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 27/07/2020
Answered On Date: 18/08/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health what share of eligible people are currently receiving cardiac rehabilitation.

Answer:

The Health and Social Care Board has advised that the information is not available in the format requested.

However, it has advised that the majority of eligible patients for cardiac rehabilitation (CR) are normally assessed and educated by the CR specialist nurses in hospital following their acute event. Patients should then be reviewed again within 10 days of discharge and offered a structured education and exercise programme, either in the hospital or community setting.