Here, you’ll find information about trials and audits that drive improvements in heart failure diagnosis, treatment, and patient care. Scotland’s rich tradition of heart failure research has led to significant developments and evidence-based practices. These resources will soon be available to keep healthcare professionals and the public informed about clinical trials currently recruiting and examples of change to enhance service provision as well as updates from the Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme.
A national heart failure for Scotland audit is in development. However, information form the England and Wales audit can provide information on key learning points for secondary care.
The Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme (SCAP) was set up to support the delivery of Priority 4 of the Heart disease action plan 2021. This priority covers the effective use of data.
SCAP has published data relating to cardiac interventions undertaken in Scotland:
SCAP is developing a heart failure audit and we will update this section with more information in due time.
In this section you will find existing professional guidelines.
If you would like to see additional guidelines in this section please contact us to make a request.
