About CVDPREVENT

The CVDPREVENT audit is part of a broader strategic objective outlined in the Long Term Plan to prevent 150,000 strokes, heart attacks and cases of dementia over the next ten years. The audit will prioritise working with system partners to drive CVD quality improvement at individual GP, PCN, and ICS level.

The Annual Audit Reports and Data & Improvement Tool will support quality improvement in primary care for the prevention of CVD in England by helping organisations to identify variation, trends, and opportunities in the prevention and management of CVD conditions.


The CVDPREVENT audit, commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) as part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) and funded by NHS England & NHS Improvement, aims to support professionally-led quality improvement in primary care for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in England. The audit is delivered by the NHS Benchmarking Network, the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) - National Cardiovascular Intelligence Network (NCVIN) team, and NHS Digital. NHS Benchmarking Network receives aggregated data with small numbers suppressed only and therefore do not process personal data as regulated in the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Further Information

Report Findings presented this week…

The CVDPREVENT team are joined by trusted partners to deliver a Pharmaceutical Industry webinar on 29th March, and Charity & Third Sector webinar on 30th March, to support you in using the most recent data on high-risk CVD conditions to drive QI activity. To register: nhsbn.cvdprevent@nhs.net

Third Annual Audit Report now published

The Third Annual Audit Report is now published! It has been designed to help you understand the effects of recovery activities across primary care in relation to CVD prevention in England. Find out more in our recent news piece.

Accelerating progress on cardiovascular disease conference

The King’s Fund are hosting a face-to-face event on 20th June 2023, inviting leaders and experts from across the NHS to discuss how best to prioritise and deliver services to reduce the prevalence of CVD and its risk factors across the population. Chair of CVDPREVENT and NCD for CVD prevention, Dr Shahed Ahmad, will be presenting at this conference.

Quarterly reporting now available

We’ve published the latest quarterly data update to the Data & Improvement Tool. Find out more about the future publication dates and links with national policy in our recent news piece.

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