Get ready for Heart Week this May – tools and resources for general practices

This Heart Week (2-8 May) presents an opportunity for health professionals and the Australian public to start a conversation about heart health and take steps to reduce their risk of heart disease.

GPs, nurses and general practice staff are encouraged to deliver Heart Health Checks for more eligible Australians. Thanks to your commitment to keeping Australian hearts healthy, there have been over 275,000 Heart Health Checks delivered since April 2019.

One Australian suffers a heart attack or stroke every four minutes. You and your general practice colleagues have the power to change this statistic by focussing on simple, routine practices that have a measurable lifesaving impact.

We encourage you and your practice to get ready for Heart Week by visiting the Heart Foundation’s Heart Week webpage to:

• download your Heart Week digital promotional pack
• order your print promotional pack
• make a splash for Heart Week at your practice and enter this competition
• register and tune in to the Heart Foundation’s Heart Week clinical webinar on the latest evidence on cholesterol management
• use the Heart Health Check Toolkit to plan and implement Heart Health Checks
• spread the word to your community and network

Clinical Webinar:

Lipid lowering landscape: New and emerging treatment approaches
Hosted by the Heart Foundation

Date: Wednesday 4 May 2022
Where: Free Zoom webinar
Time: 7.00pm – 8.00pm AEST

Accreditation: This webinar has been accredited by the RACGP for 2 CPD points (Activity no. 337635). Education provider: Scius Healthcare Solutions.

Register here

What does the Heart Health Toolkit offer general practices?