Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 19 Sep 2025 | Updated: 0 days ago
The Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Audit (CVDPREVENT)
Dataset
Documentation
Description:
NHS England collects data in connection with Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Audit referred to as CVDPREVENT Audit. Data was first collected for the year 2019-20 and then became a quarterly extract.
CVDPREVENT is a national primary care audit that will automatically extract routinely held GP data, via GPES, covering diagnosis and management of six high-risk conditions that cause stroke, heart attack and dementia:
atrial fibrillation (AF)
high blood pressure
high cholesterol
diabetes
non-diabetic hyperglycaemia
chronic kidney disease
It provides a foundation for professionally led quality improvement in individual GP practices across Primary Care Networks (PCNs). It supports primary care in understanding how many patients with the high-risk conditions are potentially undiagnosed, undertreated or over treated.
The data helps highlight gaps, identify inequalities and monitor improvement and impact on inequalities, as well as enabling opportunities for improvement in diagnosis and management of the high-risk conditions for CVD.
A number of organisations are involved in the work, including The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), The National institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), NHS England, British Heart Foundation, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Primary Care Cardiovascular Society and GP representatives.
Spatial Coverage:
England
Data Use Limitations:
NO RESTRICTION
Coverage
Spatial
Geographical Levels:
- county
- local authority district
- region
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2019
Frequency:
QUARTERLY
Provenance
Source:
GP data automatically extracted
Purpose:
National audit of GP records to understand cardiovascular disease and risk
Collection Situation:
This service is commissioned and delivered by several partners (the Audit
Partners) including NHS England, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
(OHID), the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and HQIP’s
commissioned provider.
Access and Governance
Usage
Data Use Requirements:
NO REQUIREMENTS
Access
Data Controller:
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Format and Standards
Languages:
ENGLISH
Data Format:
Database
Additional Information Governance
Personal Data:
No
Special Category Data:
No
Confidentiality Risk:
Low risk
Availability Risk:
Low risk
Integrity Risk:
Low risk
Origin
Name:
Data Catalogue