{"id":758,"date":"2016-05-13T08:27:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T07:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=758"},"modified":"2021-07-13T11:49:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T10:49:19","slug":"heart-attack-deaths-could-be-prevented-with-better-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/heart-attack-deaths-could-be-prevented-with-better-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Attack Deaths Could Be Prevented With Better Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

A study has found that 3,300 patients are needlessly dying every year because the NHS is failing to follow heart attack guidelines. <\/span><\/p>\n

A team of researchers studied 389,057 cases of non-ST elevation myocardial infarctions (NSTEMI) in England and Wales between 2003 and 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

An NSTEMI is the most common type of heart attack, and is when the blood supply to the heart is partially blocked, rather than entirely cut off.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to NHS guidelines, a patient who has had an NSTEMI should be offered certain treatment to decrease the risk of future heart attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

This can include prescribing statins, anti-coagulants, smoking cessation advice and encouraging exercise. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSuboptimal care\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

But the study found that nearly 87% of patients did not receive any of the interventions recommended in the guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n

The study concludes that as a result, the NHS is missing opportunities to prevent nearly 3,300 heart attack deaths per year, amounting to about 30,000 deaths over the past decade.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Gale, an Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Health Sciences, led the research. He said: \u201cWhat we\u2019ve highlighted here is the unacceptable deficit in the care being given to people after they\u2019ve had an NSTEMI heart attack.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe estimate that roughly one patient per month per hospital in England and Wales is losing their life as a direct consequence of this deficit. Simple interventions, such as prescribing statins, are being missed and this is resulting in loss of life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Peter Weissberg, Medical Director at the British Heart Foundation, said: \u201cThis study shows that many people in the UK are receiving suboptimal care after a heart attack and that lives are being lost as a consequence.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Heart attack claims<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If you would like to speak to a solicitor about the medical care you or your loved one received, please get in touch with us at Glynns Solicitors. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A study has found that 3,300 patients are needlessly dying every year because the NHS is failing to follow heart attack guidelines. A team of researchers studied 389,057 cases of non-ST elevation myocardial infarctions (NSTEMI) in England and Wales between 2003 and 2013. An NSTEMI is the most common type of heart attack, and is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[837,149,150,147,836],"class_list":["post-758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gp-negligence","category-hospital-negligence","tag-british-heart-foundation","tag-heart-attack-patients","tag-heart-attack-treatment","tag-heart-attacks-deaths","tag-nstemi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}