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Funding opportunities
Statistical information and analysis
Information sites

Funding opportunities

Big Lottery Fund (external link) The UK National Lottery "Big Lottery Fund" provides millions of pounds every year for health-related projects.

Health-related funding
This document contains information and advice aimed at those seeking health funding opportunities. It is not meant to be definitive. If anything should be contained in the document that is not or if any of the information is out of date please email Lynn Soutar.

Statistical information and analysis

Heartstats - The British Heart Foundation's statistics website (external link)
This website provides the
most recent statistics related to the incidence, prevalence, causes and
effects of coronary heart disease.

European cardiovascular disease statistics 2005 (external link)
Produced in collaboration with the European Heart Network and the
Health Economics Research Centre at the University of Oxford, this
report provides statistics about the burden of CVD and its risk factors
in Europe, as well as information about the economic costs of CVD, CHD
and stroke in the European Union.

General Registrar's Office Scotland (external link)
GROS is responsible for the registration of births, marriages, deaths,
divorces and adoptions in Scotland, and for carrying out periodic
censuses of Scotland's population.

Global Cardiovascular Infobase (external link)
This provides relevant data on demographics, mortality, morbidity, risk factors and related health care around the world.

Information Services Division Scotland (external link)
ISD is one of the leading sources of health data in Scotland offering a topic-based service.

OECD – Health Division (external link)
This OECD website includes analysis of health policies and a collection of health data.

WHO MONICA project data (external link)
The WHO's MONICA (Multinational MONItoring of trends and determinants
in CArdiovascular disease) began in the early 1980s. This page of data
from MONICA is provided by the Heartstats website.

WHO Statistical Information System (external link)
This WHO site provides on-line access to a variety of WHO statistics
including burden of disease, mortality, population, immunisation,
statistical annexes of the World Health Report and more.

Information sites

American Heart Association (external link)
The American Heart Association provides a variety of CHD resources, services and links.

British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (BACR) (external link)
BACR is a national association for cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in the
UK. It is a multidisciplinary body, which was created to represent and
serve the interests of all professions involved in the provision of CR.

British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) (external link)
The BCS is the leading professional body for cardiology in the UK.

British Heart Foundation (BHF) (external link)
The aim of the BHF is 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 by funding research, providing support and information
to patients, educating the public and professionals, promoting training
and providing equipment".

Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) (external link)
CHSS is one of Scotland's leading medical charities and "aims to
improve the quality of life for people in Scotland affected by chest,
heart and stroke illness through medical research, advice and
information, and support in the community".

European Heart Network (EHN) (external link)
"The EHN is a Brussels-based alliance of heart foundations and
like-minded non-governmental organisation throughout Europe". The EHN
"plays a leading role in the prevention and reduction of cardiovascular
disease through advocacy, networking and education so that it is no
longer be a major cause of premature death and disability throughout
Europe."

HEART UK (external link)
HEART UK is "committed to raising awareness of heart disease in the UK
and stressing the importance of a healthy lifestyle in reducing the
risk of suffering from it" and provides a variety of CHD resources,
services and links, for patients, families and health professionals.

HeartInfo.org (external link)
HeartInfo.org provides timely and trustworthy patient guides about
heart attack, blood pressure, cholesterol, stroke, diet and more.

Heartstart (external link)
A BHF-supported initiative designed to train volunteers in Emergency Life Support.

National Heart Forum (external link)
The mission of the National Heart Forum (NHF) is to work with and
through its members to prevent disability and death from coronary heart
disease in the UK.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (USA) (external link)
This site provides a variety of CHD resources, services, links and clinical guidelines.

NHS Education for Scotland e-library CHD Portal (external link)
The e-library CHD Portal contains a variety of resources relevant to Coronary Heart Disease.

The Heart Manual (external link)
"The Heart Manual is a six week, facilitated self-help rehabilitation
programme for people recovering from a heart attack. It is based on a
cognitive-behavioural model".

Scottish Executive (external link)
The official site of the Scottish Executive provides access to a
variety of information, links and publications relating to Scottish
Policy and Legislation.

Scotland's Health on the Web (external link)
SHOW, an NHS Scotland site, provides access to a variety of information and resources relating to Scotland’s health.

Scottish Heart and Arterial Risk Prevention Group (SHARP) (external link)
The aim of SHARP is to create awareness of arterial disease and by
research seek more information regarding the causes as well as possible
remedies. Its objective is to reduce the incidence of premature death
due to diseases of the heart and arteries.

ABOUT.com: Heart Disease (external link)
This About.com listings page is a good source of CHD information.
Includes definitions of technical terms and phrases and up-to-date
links to other related sites offering specific information on specific
and specialist topics (e.g. angioplasty, arrythmias, exercise and heart
disease).

World Heart Federation (external link)
"The World Heart Federation helps people achieve a longer and better
life through prevention and control of heart disease and stroke, with a
focus on low and middle income countries".