Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association Scientific Conference 2004'

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Irish Nurses Cardiovascular AssociationScientifi
c Conference 2004.
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Irish Nurses Cardiovascular AssociationScientifi
c Conference 2004.
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Talk Outline

• Background
• Achievements
• Challenges

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Building Healthier Hearts

• Reduce risk factor profile
• Detect those at high risk

• Deal effectively with those who have clinical
  disease
• Ensure best survival and quality of life outcome
  for those who recover heart attack

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Key Difficulties

• Lack of prioritisation
• Securing adequate funding
• Recruitment issues
• Multi sectoral agenda

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Structures

• Task Force
• Advisory Forum
• NCIS
• Guidelines
• Heartwatch
• Regional Committees

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EUR 54 million in four years
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Staff recruitment by year
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Almost 800 Posts
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Funding By Sector
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Staff Employed By Sector
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Achievements

• New Services
• Heartwatch
• Cardiac rehab
• First responders
• Health promotion
• Hospital clinics

• Existing Services
• Detection up 47
• Investigations up 200
• 24 drop in waiting lists
• Services nearer people

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Nursing Achievements

• 200 additional
• CCU Nurses
• Cardiac Rehab
• Chest Pain
• Heart Failure
• Practice Nurses
• Equipment
• Nurse training

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Current Area of Work

• Guidelines
• ACS, EPS and Heart failure
• Health Information Sytsems
• CARDS
• ACS, EPS and PCIs

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Future Challenges

• Improve population health
• Multisectoral agenda
• Reduce health inequalities
• Eqitable access to serevices
• Improved quality of services through national
  co-ordiantion.

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Reasons for Success

• Governments commitment
• the prioritisation of the recommendations,
• the national and regional implementation
  structures
• the enthusiasm, energy and commitment of staff at
  all levels.

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Looking to Europe

• European Agreement to Promote Cardiovascular
  Health and Address Cardiovascular Disease.

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