Intervention Proposal
The questions for you to consider are:
The CCG have increased funding so the CR team are now in a situation where they need to find solutions to ensure patients are starting CR in the recommended timeframe and receiving the most effective dose to optimise their health outcomes. Can you re-design their CR intervention to offer more effective CR to the Blackpool community?
Do we keep patients attending twice weekly for an 8-week CR intervention and deal with a growing waiting list?
Do we reduce the exercise dose to once weekly so we can increase the number of patients entering CR and reduce the waiting list?
Is there anything we can do to the hospital-based CR to make it more effective?
Is there anything we could do to offer additional sessions outside of the hospital setting so our patients meet the BACPR recommendations?
Are there any suggestions for altering the educational aspects to be more effective at encouraging our patients to make and adhere to healthier lifestyle choices?
How can we determine the effectiveness and success of our CR programme to ensure we can make a difference and optimise the health outcomes of our cardiac patient population?