This section provides an overview and summary of the policy context within each jurisdiction and of the programs and strategies that contribute to the critical intervention points, as specified in the National Service Improvement Framework for Heart, Stroke and Vascular Disease.
The jurisdictional information outlined in this section is based on a reporting template, developed by Ernst & Young and completed by each jurisdiction. Northern Territory and Tasmania were unable to respond to the survey.
8.2.1 Overview of State and Territory activity in relation to the critical intervention points
There are a large number of policies, programs and strategies across the states and territories that are aligned to the critical intervention points. From the information available, this alignment is dispersed across the five groupings of critical intervention points: reduce risks; early detection, care and support; best care and support for acute episodes; best long-term care and support; and best care in the advanced stages; with an increased concentration of individual programs and strategies in the reduce risk and acute episode groupings. Table 4 provides an overview of the types of policies and strategies across the states and territories.Critical Intervention Points | Overview of programs and strategies | |
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Specific (primarily targeted to specific critical intervention points | General (contribute across critical intervention points) | |
Reduce risks |
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Early detection |
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Acute episode |
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Long term |
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Advanced stages |
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Detailed information on programs and policies within each jurisdiction is contained in Appendix D