The Cardiovascular disease (CVD) modern service framework (MSF) from NHS England has been published. Below is an excerpt from the foreword to the framework.

“Our response is a clear, bold mission: to cut premature deaths from heart disease and stroke by a quarter within a decade. This modern service framework, committed to in the 10 Year Health Plan, and the first to be published, sets out how we will do it by shifting care closer to home, prioritising early diagnosis and prevention, and delivering joined-up cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic care.

This is not another strategy that sits on the shelf gathering dust, this is an action plan. There will be a relentless focus on delivery so that we:

• Find the missing millions who don’t yet know they are at risk
• Get to those most likely to suffer heart attacks and strokes early
• Provide world-class emergency care and rehabilitation when the worst happens”

Read it in full here.