Quality improvement resource (CVD) available online

Published: 12 Dec 2024

CVDPREVENT, which focuses on the prevention of cardiovascular disease, has made a quality improvement resource available online, to coincide with the release of their 2024 annual report (details below). The ICB-level data packs, which have already been disseminated to ICB CVD Leads directly, are now available on the CVDPREVENT Data & Improvement Tool.

The packs include insights into four key metrics, showing bespoke benchmarked data for each ICB including variation between practices within an ICB. Alongside the data, users have access to tips and resources for each of the featured indicators to support improvement. Of particular note, are the links contained within the packs – each chart has a link that goes directly to that same chart on the Data & Improvement Tool, enabling users to undertake further investigation. Hester Girling, Project Manager for CVDPREVENT, hopes that these features “inspire people to take the data and consider the ‘so, what next?’”, translating data into meaningful quality improvement.

Julia Trusler, an Associate Director at HQIP, who commissions the outcomes workstream of CVDPREVENT, adds: “This is an important step in developing our understanding of the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Making these packs available online helps everyone in an ICB to understand what they are doing well, but also where improvements can be made.”

How to access the data packs: The QI data pack for your local ICB can be downloaded from the CVDPREVENT website here.

CVDPREVENT annual report, 2024

As mentioned above, this news coincides with the release of CVDPREVENT’s latest annual report, which summarises the key national findings and recommendations from the March 2024 prevalence and care processes data and January 2023 – December 2023 outcomes data. In addition to key messages relating to hypertension, cholesterol and atrial fibrillation, it also contains findings relating to outcomes indicators developed earlier this year, eg:

  • Looking at patients with a diagnosis of hypertension as of 1st January 2023, the CVD mortality rate for the most deprived quintile was 2 times higher when compared to CVD mortality rate for the least deprived quintile
  • Looking at patients with CVD, mortality from stroke was highest in the black ethnic group and mortality from heart attack was highest in the Asian ethnic group.

Read the report in full: CVDPREVENT 2024 annual report.

Date for your diary: CVDPREVENT webinar

Thurs 30th Jan 2025; 11am – 12noon

Do you want to hear more about the CVDPREVENT findings and how you can use the data to inform quality improvement? Join their webinar on 30th January 11am – 12noon, and get involved in the conversation. To register, go to the CVDPREVENT website.