Sources of Data:
Data is extracted for people that fall within the following cohorts:
Cohort 1 – people with a coded diagnosis of at least one of the following six high-risk conditions:
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Atrial fibrillation (AF)
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Hypertension
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Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and other hyperlipidaemias
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
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Non-diabetic hyperglycaemia (NDH)
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Type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus
Cohort 2 – people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease comprising at least one of the following:
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
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Stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
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Coronary heart disease (CHD)
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Heart failure (HF)
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
Cohort 3 – case finder cohort consisting of people with clinical records that suggest the possibility of an undiagnosed high-risk condition
For example, this cohort includes people with high blood pressure readings recorded (over the threshold that would classify them as having hypertension), who do not have a formal diagnosis of hypertension recorded on their GP record.
The CVDPREVENT audit is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) as part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) and is funded by NHS England (NHSE). It aims to support professionally-led quality improvement in primary care for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in England. Its outputs will support this by helping organisations to identify variation, trends, and opportunities in the identification, diagnosis and management of CVD conditions.
The audit is delivered by the NHS Benchmarking Network, the NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGEM) and NHSE. 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. To ensure patient involvement in the audit, NHSBN work closely with the Patients Association and run and Patient Focus Group.
What is CVDPREVENT?
CVDPREVENT is a national primary care audit that uses data extracted from GP records. It supports primary care in understanding how many people with cardiovascular disease (CVD) or conditions that lead to a higher risk of developing CVD are potentially not identified, undiagnosed, under treated or possibly over-treated. Analysis and reporting of the audit supports systematic quality improvement (QI) to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for individuals and populations.
