Heartwatch provides online exercise classes for people who have had:

• angina that is currently stable

• an angiogram currently medically managed

• a heart attack

• coronary artery bypass grafting

• insertion of stents

You must have attended a hospital-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme (CRP) of Education and Exercise or completed a home-based programme supplied and supported by your local hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation Team.

A 'referral letter' to Phase IV CRP or a discharge letter from the hospital team is required.

If due to Covid-19 you have been unable to complete Cardiac Rehabilitation you may register for a Heartwatch class if your GP agrees to refer you using a 'Coronary Heart Disease Referral Form'.

Heartwatch also provides online exercise classes if:

• more than 6 months has elapsed since your acute cardiac event

• if it is more than 6 months since you were discharged from Phase Ill

• if you have a coronary heart disease history but no recent acute event

• if you have had a device such as a pace-maker or an internal cardiac defibrillator fitted

• if you have a rhythm disturbance such as atrial fibrillation or other arrhythmias

Your General Practitioner must refer you to Heartwatch using a 'Coronary Heart Disease Referral Form'.

• ongoing support and information

• peer support

• reduced hospital admission

• reduced levels of angina

• improved blood lipid profiles

• reduced blood pressure

• improved functional capacity

• reduced anxiety and depression

• increased confidence and wellbeing

• improved return to work and leisure activities

• improved education of families and friends