04 May 2026
This Heart Week (4–10 May), start a conversation with your patients about heart health and the positive steps they can take to reduce their heart disease risk.
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One person living in Australia has a heart attack or stroke every four minutes. Never miss a beat and use the Aus CVD Risk calculator during your next Heart Health Check.
Since its launch in July 2023, the Aus CVD Risk calculator has been used over 1.8 million times, providing an accurate and comprehensive mechanism for cardiovascular risk assessment in primary care.
Heart Foundation resources
Support the delivery of Heart Health Checks and engage your patients about their heart health via the below linked resources.
- Heart Week promotional pack for resources and promotional tools to assist you in engaging your patients about their heart health.
- Clinical case studies designed to support confident cardiovascular disease risk assessment and early prevention.
Three clinical case studies have been developed to support you to accurately identify, assess and manage CVD risk in eligible patients.
Using real life scenarios, each accredited case study will guide clinicians through the application of evidence-based guidelines and practical examples to implement Heart Health Checks in everyday practice. - Practical resources to plan and deliver Heart Health Checks.
Upcoming heart failure care webinar – 7 May
EMPHN is collaborating with special guest speakers to present an upcoming webinar. The webinar is designed to help support general practice teams strengthen early post-discharge heart failure care. With expert insights, evidence updates, and practical strategies for follow-up, medication management, monitoring, self-management, and escalation, this webinar is a must‑attend for general practice teams.
You’ll hear from expert primary care health professionals:
- Cardiologist
Dr Vicki Pandeli on why primary care–led optimisation is expected, supported and essential between hospital visits. - General practitioner
Assoc Prof Ralph Audehm on translating guidelines into real‑world workflows, recall systems and team roles. - Consultant pharmacist
Mr Brian Meier on medicines optimisation, deprescribing and supporting adherence and patient understanding. - Cardiac clinical nurse specialist
Ms Kirsten Sandstrom on nurse‑led monitoring, education, vaccination and coordination that sustain long‑term heart failure care.
This webinar is suitable for general practitioners, practice nurses, practice managers, pharmacists and other multidisciplinary primary care clinicians. Register for the upcoming webinar now.
Use POLAR to identify eligible patients for heart health checks
This Heart Health Week, you may wish to identify the patients in your practice who could be eligible for a Heart Health Check – we’ve created a dedicated POLAR walkthrough to help you do just that. View POLAR walkthrough guide – Identify patients eligible for a Heart Health Checks
Explore more updated POLAR walkthrough guides – available on the EMPHN website. View all POLAR walkthrough guides
HealthPathways Melbourne resources
HealthPathways Melbourne is a clinical management and referral resource designed for use during consultations. It gives clinicians a single website to access clinical referral pathways and resources.
View relevant heart health pathways below:
