Evaluation of Big Lottery Fund/British Heart Foundation Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme: First annual report

This is the first annual report of a three year evaluation of the Big Lottery Fund's Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Programme, supported by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The programme has two main aims: to increase the uptake of cardiac rehabilitation services, particularly among groups of people who currently make low use of existing services and to drive sustainable improvements in the quality of services on offer to patients. Thirty six CR programmes in primary care trusts in England were funded for up to three years, from 2005/6.