Date: Wednesday 11th June, 10am - 12.30pm
Location: Social Market Foundation, 11 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QB
Speakers: Professor Roger Boyle CBE, National Director for Heart Disease and Stroke at the Department of Health
Prof Gerard Stansby, Professor of Vascular Surgery, School of Surgical & Reproductive Sciences, Newcastle University
Chair: Lyndsay Mountford, Head of Health, SMF
This seminar will discuss the next steps in the identification and prevention and treatment of Cardiovascular disease, in the light of the imminent introduction of a national screening programme.
On January 7 2008, the Prime Minister announced that a screening programme for heart disease, stroke and diabetes would be introduced in England and Wales. However, the details of this programme have yet to be confirmed. It has been argued that if the forthcoming programme is to have a real impact, then it must adopt differentiated criteria for risk identification, in line with best practice identified by professional groups, focusing, for example, on those highest risk groups in the over 40s population. A further issue is that screening can only save lives if there is properly funded follow-up treatment and supervision.
In the light of these issues, now is a timely opportunity to bring together a group of senior civil servants, influential academics, patient groups, medical professionals from the field and others with an expert knowledge to discuss the way forward.
The event is being held with the kind support of of Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis