Table 1 Beacon Sites’ characteristics and cardiac rehabilitation activity before becoming Beacon Sites (unless stated otherwise the included data are from the NACR 2016/2017 audit)
Beacon Sites’ characteristics and cardiac rehabilitation activity before becoming Beacon Sites | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | Site 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
National certification programme for cardiac rehabilitation status | Green | Amber | Green | Green |
Average core rehabilitation programme length in weeks | 12 | 6 | 10 | 14 |
Number of patients attending (starting) cardiac rehabilitation | 635 | 726 | 295 | 500 |
Accepting heart failure patients | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Number of patients with heart failure who attended cardiac rehabilitation in the 12 months before the Beacon Site application | 46 | N/A | 38 | 36 |
Offering supervised/facilitated home-based cardiac rehabilitation | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Number of any cardiac patients who received supervised/facilitated home-based cardiac rehabilitation in the 12 months before the Beacon Site application | 66 | 24 | 8 | N/A |
Approximate full-time equivalent staff in the multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation team | 11 | 10 | 5 | 9 |