Commissioning guides
Published 01 October 2011

Cardiac rehabilitation services

This is an extract from the commissioning guide. The complete commissioning guide is available at www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cmg40

8 Topic Advisory Group: Cardiac rehabilitation services

The development of this guide for commissioners was informed by two topic advisory groups.

Topic advisory group for the 2011 guide for commissioners update

This group contributed to the development of the guide via email.

Sam Barlow
Commissioning Development Manager, NHS Hull

Samantha Breen
Clinical Lead Physiotherapist in Cardiac Rehabilitation, Central Manchester Foundation NHS Trust

Dr Hasnain Dalal
General Practitioner, Three Spires Medial Practice, Truro, Cornwall

Prof Patrick Doherty
Professor of Rehabilitation, York St John University and National Clinical Lead for Cardiac Rehabilitation (NHS Improvement)

Topic advisory group for the 2011 commissioning on services for people with chronic heart failure

A topic advisory group was established to review and advise on the content of the guide for commissioners on services for people with chronic heart failure. The following members of this group also contributed to the development of the guide for commissioners on cardiac rehabilitation services. This group met once, with additional interaction taking place via email.

Sarah Baker
GP and Accountable Officer, Warrington Health Consortium

Samantha Breen
Clinical Lead Physiotherapist in Cardiac Rehabilitation, Central Manchester Foundation NHS Trust

Martin Cowie
Professor of Cardiology, Imperial College London, and member of Topic Expert Group for Quality Standard on chronic heart failure

Prof Patrick Doherty
Professor of Rehabilitation, York St John University and National Clinical Lead for Cardiac Rehabilitation (NHS Improvement)

Jane Gilmour Heart Failure Specialist Nurse, Luton and Dunstable NHS Trust and member of Topic Expert Group for Quality Standard on chronic heart failure

Hugh McIntyre
Consultant Geriatrician, East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust and Chair of Topic Expert Group for Quality Standard on chronic heart failure

Sally Singh
Director of Rehabilitation, Coventry University and Head of Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

John Soady
Public Health, Sheffield PCT and member of Topic Expert Group for Quality Standard on chronic heart failure

Helen Tomkys
Vascular lead, Department of Health

Topic advisory group for the 2008 commissioning guide on cardiac rehabilitation

This group met once, with additional interaction taking place via email.

Jenny Cadman
Cardiac Rehabilitation Manager and Senior Nurse in Cardiology, Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Hasnain Dalal
General Practitioner, Truro, Cornwall

Judith Herbert
Vascular Programme Policy Officer, Department of Health (London)

Ben Knight
Service Development Team Manager, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Cardiac Network

Prof Bob Lewin
Director, British Heart Foundation, Care and Education Research Group

Dr Anita Roy
Consultant in Public Health, Wakefield District PCT

Dr Matthew Thalanany
Associate Director of Public Health Medicine, South West Essex PCT

Helen Williams
Pharmacy Team Leader for Cardiac Services, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Providing comment via email:

Margaret Leid
Director, Cheshire and Merseyside Cardiac Network

Acknowledgements

Thank you to the following for their contribution to this guide

Julie Harris, Director
NHS Improvement