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Dudley Strategy for Tackling Health Inequalities 2010-15

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PRIORITY AREA: ACUTE CHD, STROKE AND TIA DELIVERY PLANRECOMMENDATION ACTION OUTCOMES LEAD TIMESCALERaise public awareness ofthe symptoms of heartattack and action to betakenConsolidation ofdiagnostics and treatmentservices <strong>for</strong> acute MIIntroduce public awareness campaigns with a targetedapproach to - over 65s, BME, women and deprived areas.Incorporate awareness <strong>for</strong> health care professionals toadvise patients with, or at high risk of, vascular disease tocall 999 should they experience unexplained chest paininto existing training programmesContinue to embed delivery of expanded services <strong>for</strong>acute MI diagnostics and revascularisation and review theequity of provision in a further 5 years time.Reduction in CHDmortalityImprovement in equity ofaccess <strong>for</strong>revascularisationImprovement in equity ofaccess <strong>for</strong>revascularisationCHD LIT/BCCN/patientsupportgroupsMarch 2012BCCN/PH March 20<strong>15</strong>Investigate demographicdifferences in referrals tocardiac rehabilitationImplement Stroke/TIAaction planRepeat the cardiac rehabilitation equity audit with largernumbers to establish a fuller picture and implementrecommendations made from this. This should include areview of DNAs and DNRs <strong>for</strong> cardiac rehabilitation andthe establishment of routine procedures to follow-up thesegroups.Continue implementation of current stroke/TIAworkstreams to increase speed of access to diagnosticsand treatment to meet the accelerating strokeimprovement programme targetsIncreased uptake ofcardiac rehabilitationAchievement ofaccelerated stroke caretargetsRT/BCCN March 2011STIG March 2012Raise public awareness ofF.A.S.TReview practice variationsin patients accessingstroke/TIA pathwaysReview equity of future provision <strong>for</strong> any target areaswhich remain significantly below targetContinue FAST awareness programmes with an emphasison segmentation and use of social marketing to ensurethe message reaches all communities, to include targetedcampaigns <strong>for</strong> BME & over 65sReview GP practice per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>for</strong> outlying practices inrelation to admissions dataAudit GP TIA referral data <strong>for</strong> consistencyInc in % thrombolysedInc in % thrombolysedImproved patientoutcomes afterStroke/TIASTIG/BCCN/<strong>Dudley</strong>StrokeAssociationSTIG/clinicallead <strong>for</strong>stroke/TIAMarch 2014March 2012March 2012220

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