Better Heart Disease and Stroke Care Action Plan (2009) (BHD&SC Action Plan)
This action plan reflects the direction set out in Better Health Better Care: Action Plan in the way it seeks to respond to a series of challenges:
- Listening to what people with, or at risk of heart disease or who have had a stroke tell us about the kind of services they want
- Responding to developments in the evidence base, as reflected in the suite of SIGN Guidelines on CHD and cardiovascular disease (CVD) published in February 2007, and revised stroke guideline published in December 2008
- Introducing a new focus on prevention of ill health through anticipatory care approaches
- Reducing health inequalities across Scotland
- Meeting the needs of increasing numbers of older people and
- Responding to changes in our workforce
