NICOR Publishes 2024 Annual Report with New Interactive Reporting

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NICOR Publishes 2024 Annual Report with New Interactive Reporting

15th July 2024

NICOR recently published its National Cardiac Audit Programme (NCAP) 2024 Annual Report supported with eight interactive sub-specialty clinical reports, and a dedicated Annual Report for Patients, Carers and the Public. The reports cover the 12 months from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

This year’s report explores potentially important post-pandemic shifts in the demand for cardiovascular services, how these are provided, and the variability experienced in different locations. Levels of activity for most cardiovascular sub-specialties have continued to improve and are higher than the levels seen in 2020/21 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some areas remain below pre-COVID levels, most notably adult and paediatric cardiac surgery.

In addition to the annual report, NICOR presented for the first time, its new interactive reports for the eight sub-specialties covered by the audit programme. They are produced with more detailed domain-level analyses and commentary. This allows clinicians, patients and members of the public, commissioners, and others to focus on the information that is of most interest to them (for example drilling down to explore the performance of different parts of the country and individual hospitals). These reports can be found on the NICOR website.

Understanding the continued pressures on hospitals and their clinical teams, NICOR has thanked all colleagues and stakeholders for their continued support and contribution.

Below are some of the key points raised in the NICOR 2024 annual report, you can view the annual report in full and the sub-speciality clinical reports on NICOR’s website:

Post-Pandemic Shift

COVID Cardiovascular Research Roundup

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COVID Cardiovascular Research Roundup

24th April 2020

Dear BCIS Colleague,

Prof Divaka Perera & his colleagues have produced a very neat summary of the most recent literature about COVID and the heart. It covers myocardial injury, ACEI/ARB, STEMI outcomes amongst other things.

Click the download button at the bottom of the page to view.

I hope that you find it interesting and helpful?

Very best wishes,

Nick Curzen, BCIS President

COVID Cardiovascular Research Roundup

China-EU Exchange – COVID-19: Perspectives from the Frontlines

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China-EU Exchange – COVID-19: Perspectives from the Frontlines

16th April 2020

China-EU Exchange – COVID-19: Perspectives from the Frontlines, is a collaborative conversation between the Chinese Society of Cardiology and the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society and supported by Boston Scientific.

The conversation is chaired by Professor Junbo Ge of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University and president of the Chinese Society of Cardiology, and Professor Nick Curzen of University Hospital Southampton and President of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society. Presenters are Dr Ning Zhou, M.D., PhD of Wuhan Tongji Hospital, China and Dr Liang Dong, M.D. of 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China. Dr Ning Zhou shares his experience through his presentation titled: Clinical characteristics and management of COVID-19 patients, which is shown in Part 2. In Part three, our second presenter Dr Liang Dong shares his knowledge through his presentation titled Principles of Prevention. Within the presentations, the Chairs, Prof. Ge and Prof. Curzen engage in Q&A with the presenters.

The experience exchange focuses on the China experience as the country starts to recover from the COVID-19 outbreak, in the hope that other countries can learn from their experience and assess the strategies imposed to manage the disease.

Watch all four parts of the conversation below:

Part 1: Introduction and Opening Address

Part 2: Principles of Prevention

Presenter: Dr Liang Dong, M.D. of 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China

Part 3: Clinical Characteristics and Management

Presenter: Dr Ning Zhou, M.D., PhD of Wuhan Tongji Hospital, China

Part 4: Summary and Closing Remarks

This conversation has been brought to you by BCIS and Boston scientific, supported by Millbrook Medical Conferences and Radcliffe Cardiology. No parties have charged a fee for the production of this educational content.