John Lahart
Question:184. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the cost of establishing and maintaining a national registry system of heart failure patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32885/23]
View answerWednesday, 5 July 2023
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Heart Failure is an important public health issue.
The detection and prevention of heart failure is a priority. The National Clinical Programme for heart failure supports many approaches to improving quality of life for people living with the syndrome. The Programme (HSE) is currently engaging with the European Society of Cardiology who have an excellent platform to enable registry development on not only heart failure but other cardiovascular conditions. The National Heart Programme are working under the guidance of Dr. Peter Kearney to initiate the EuroHeart programme to bring their cardiovascular dats base project to Ireland.
There are clear, evidence-based guidelines and excellent Irish case studies of effective models of care in heart failure however it is recognised that prevention requires further focus and development to prevent unnecessary hospitalisations and deaths and maximise people’s quality of life and there are portions of the heart failure population are still not being reached.
To understand the challenges more, a National Review of our adult Specialist Cardiac Services which includes heart failure was commissioned. The Reviews recommendations will inform the future provision of cardiac services nationally including data requirements for further development. The Report is now finalised and is being prepared currently for my consideration.