HEARTS IN SLOUGH
A cardiac support group formed by a group of people living with heart disease and heart-related problems in the Slough area.
www.heartsinslough.org.uk

HEARTBEATS
A cardiac support group formed from cardiac patients and partners, medical staff including Consultant Doctors and Nurses within the Cardiac Departments of the Royal Berkshire and Battle N.H.S Trust.
www.heartbeats.btinternet.co.uk

BRAVE HEARTS
A cardiac support group in South Buckhamshire offering a visiting service to people recently discharged from hospital and providing information on local exercise and rehabilitation programmes.
Contact Mike Slayter 01494 882144

HEART WATCH (Armley Nr Leeds)
A cardiac rehabilitation programme for men and women of any age who have suffered heart problems including coronary heart disease, angina, heart attack, bypass, valve replacement and transplant surgery. It also deals with adults with diabetes. Anyone diagnosed with cardiac disease or diabetes is eligible for participation provided that a referral from a consultant, doctor or Phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation programme can be obtained.
www.armleytoday.com

HEALTHY HEARTS (Bristol University)
Specially designed for men and women who have heart problems or are considered 'at risk'. Exercises are gentle and progressive and take place in a safe, friendly and supportive environment under the expert guidance of a qualified instructor in cardiac rehabilitation.
www.bris.ac.uk/sport/community/healthy-hearts.html

HEART CARE (The West Midlands Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit).
Each year, Heart Care helps hundreds of people recover from the trauma of a heart attack or serious heart surgery. Rehabilitating the body and rebuilding confidence is what Heart Care is all about. Heart Care is based in Walsall, West Midlands. Patients have ready access to a doctor and medical team. Additionally an after-care facility in Streetly services the north Birmingham area.
www.heart-care.org.uk

GCRA (The Grampian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association Ltd)
The GCRA is a charitable organisation that helps people recover to an active and healthier life following a heart attack or cardiac surgery. GCRA keywords are: COMMITMENT, EFFORT and ENTHUSIASM.
www.gcra.org.uk

Denmead Body Focus (Hampshire)
Classes are for people who have had a heart attack or heart surgery and who have completed a rehabilitation programme or who are advised to take regular exercise by their GP. A referral from a GP or Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse is required. Classes follow on from the hospital rehabilitation programme delivered by the Cardiac Rehab team.
www.bodyfocus.org.uk/Healthy%20Heart.html

Bromley Myaction
MyAction is the first service of its kind in the UK to be set up following the results of EUROACTION -the largest ever European-wide study into family based cardiology prevention which set a new standard for preventive cardiology practice for both hospitals, and primary care. Reflecting the results of the study, MyAction is a community based integrated service which will be held at The Spa Leisure Centre, targeted at people (and their families) who are either coronary patients or people at high risk of heart disease. An in-house nurse will co-ordinate a multi-disciplinary team to advise on diet, lifestyle and well being, including increasing physical activity levels under expert medical supervision
www.bromleymytime.org.uk/MyAction.html

Solihull Heart Support Group
Exercise classes for members who are either heart patients and former heart patients. These are intended to be a natural follow-on from the rehabilitation sessions run at local hospitals, and other heart patients such as angina sufferers are also welcome to attend. The classes form phase 4 in the National Cardiac Rehabilitation programme. The classes have proved so successful that six separate classes are now run on a weekly basis. Classes are only open to members of Solihull Heart Support Group and their partner/carers
www.solihullheartsupport.org.uk

Poole (Dorset)
Patients who have recently had a heart attack or cardiac surgery can now take part in special community exercise classes to aid their rehabilitation thanks to a new partnership initiative between the Borough of Pooles Leisure Services, Poole Heart Support Group and the Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit at Poole Hospital.
www.poole.gov.uk/news/ref:597735D5238A4E/

BACR (The British Association for Cardiac Rehabilitation)
A multidiscplinary body created to represent and serve the interests of all professionals involved in the provision of cardiac rehablitation. All exercise instructors sponsored by THROB for exercise classes have ubdergone BACR training and are suitably qualified. BACR is one of the several bodies affiliated to the British Cardiac Society.
www.bcs.com

BCPA (The British Cardiac Patients Association)
The BCPA (The Zipper Club) is a national Organisation that offers support, reassurance and help to cardiac patients and their carers.
www.BCPA.co.uk or contact its head office(01954 202022)

NHS Heart Improvement Programme
From April 2008 the Heart Improvement Programme has merged with the Cancer Services Collaborative 'Improvement Partnership', Diagnostics Service Improvement and Stroke Improvement to form a new national improvement programme in England, "NHS Improvement".
www.heart.nhs.uk/heart/

BHF (The British Heart Foundation)
The BHF aims to play a leading role in the fight against heart disease so that it is no longer a major cause of disability and premature death.
www.bhf.org.uk

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Supported by the BHF, the National Campaign for Cardiac Rehabilitation has been launched by the British Heart Foundation, for quality rehabilitation to be made available for all heart patients who need it. Sadly its database is not very useful as it only covers NHS facilities and access to it is solely by postcode.
www.cardiac-rehabilitation.net/

HEART UK
A patient-based organisation whose aim is to raise awareness of the dangers of high cholesterol with respect to heart disease and to stress the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
www.familyheart.org