We are extremely proud of our pioneering cardiac rehabilitation. With high patient participation, improved clinical outcomes and positive patient feedback, our services empower patients with the knowledge to self manage a serious and life threatening disease.  

Managing your conditon
empowering patients to monitor their
Chronic conditions such as coronary disease should be managed for the most part in primary care.  A significant part of the management is about empowering patients to monitor and manage their condition. The Bexley cardiac rehabilitation programme uses education as a powerful tool to help patients make the changes needed to improve their health. The programme is run from several sites in the community and has patient education at its core. This includes medicines management, dietary advice,  coaching, and motivational support.  

Patient Involvement
Support Group’
The Ace of Hearts is a newly formed offering support to the people of Bexley and surrounding areas.  Their aim is to encourage families and friends to come along and learn how to support their loved ones through what can be a quite a lonely and worrying time. This enables people who are affected to exchange their experiences in a warm and friendly environment. We will meet on a monthly basis, where there will be a different guest speaker each month and plenty of information on how you can help yourself or help a loved one.  Although we are unable to give advice, we can point you in the right direction for the appropriate care you require. 

Progress Report 2010/11
Bexley Community Cardiac Rehabilitation
Bexley community cardiac rehabilitation programme has made significant advances and improvements. Audit has demonstrated the programme’s effectiveness in clinical outcomes. The higher the participation in cardiac rehabilitation, the lower the re-admission rate for those patients in the future.The participation of patients in community cardiac rehabilitation in Bexley has remained much higher than the national average and has improved yet again this year. Improvements in clinical outcomes have been achieved: anxiety and depression scores are reduced, quality of life has improved and physical activity targets have been achieved.

The Value of Cardiac Rehabilitation
Saving Lives and Saving Money
At the recent BACPR annual conference in Brighton there was much emphasis on cardiac rehabilitation reducing readmissions. Because patients are empowered to self manage their condition. It was promoted as a way of saving the NHS money. One presenter suggested a 30% reduction in readmissions (assuming 65% uptake) could save the NHS millions. For our patients this is a quality of care issue and re-admissions is a quality indicator. Early and comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation should help patients on the road to recovery and keep them out of hospital

Meet lead members of our team

Cardiac Nurse Consultant – Elaine Coady
Elaine has over 30 years clinical experience and was latterly cardiac nurse consultant at Guys and St Thomas hospital

Nurse specialist – Jackie Maietta
Jackie works as a practice nurse which gives her a vast experience and is also experienced in helping patients with smoking cessation.

Senior cardiac fitness instructor – Amanda Mitchell
Amanda leads both Phase 3 and Phase 4 cardiac rehabilitation exercise and relaxation classes, bringing her vast experience and energy to empower our patients

Counselling and Motivational expert – Jonathan Spencer
Jonathan is an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist, currently studying hypnotherapy as a way to help our patients

Latest News

Ace of Hearts – Cardiac Support Group

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The Ace of Hearts is a newly formed Cardiac Support Group offering support to the people of Bexley and surrounding areas. The group was formed from Phase IV Cardiac Rehab run by Exercise Lead – Amanda Mitchell. The Group identified that a cardiac support group in Bexley was required, not just for the victims of cardiovascular disease and heart conditions but for their spouses who have been affected in different ways.

Ace of Hearts Launch details:

DATE:  Saturday 10th March 2012

TIME: 1.00 PM TO 3.00 PM

VENUE: The Function Room, the Royal Oak, Mount Road, Bexleyheath DA6 8JS

(near Danson Park) on the B13 bus route. On street parking

Refreshments available

GUEST SPEAKERS:  

  • MAYOR OF BEXLEY – COUNCILLOR RAY SAMS,
  • CARDIAC NURSE CONSULTANT ELAINE COADY – S&C HEALTHCARE/BEXLEY COMMUNITY CARDIAC REHAB  
  • LOCAL CARDIAC SPECIALIST TEAM

We look forward to seeing you!!!

Ask our cardiac nurse consultant a question

What can I do to stay healthy?

We hope our education and exercise and relaxation courses along with our motivational focus will mean you will want to continue with further regular exercise and a healthy diet.  There are regular cardiac exercise classes in your area Find out more →

Could you suggest a good diet?

The British heart Foundation do some excellent diet sheets and if you come to our education sessions our dietician will advise Find out more→

Who do I contact to be referred to cardiac rehab?

Normally you would be referred after a cardiac event or intervention and this is usually done by the hospital that you attended, if this has not happened and you feel you need cardiac rehab please ask your GP whether you are suitable for referral. Find out more→

More information

Do I need cardiac rehabilitation→
Across the country, despite having had a life saving operation and being given a new lease on life, patients are failing to engage with the one thing that will improve their ongoing health and well being, keep them out of hospital and increase their survival rate by another 26%.  So what is this thing?

Cardiovascular Risk Management →
Prevention of cardiovascular disease is a health priority. Many people have risk factors making them more likely to have a heart attack. We can help

Cardiac Gender Divide →
Nationally there is an under representation of women (26% of participants). Older women (over 80) are particularly under represented compared to men of the same age.

Useful Resources →
A growing list of  helpful links

Jobs and Careers →
Jobs here with S&C Healthcare

Download our recent report →
Download the recent 2011 report on our service

Phase 4 exercise classes→
We encourage everyone who comes on our cardiac rehabilitation courses to continue with their changes in lifestyle, to this end we would encourage you to find out about the next stage of cardiac exercise with a phase 4 class at your local centre.

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