"Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the country's single biggest killer and more than 100,000 people die of it each year. In addition, more than 1.4 million people suffer from angina in England, and around 880,000 people are thought to have heart failure in the UK. Improving CHD services is a key government priority." - Roger Boyle, National Director of Heart Disease, Department of Health.
Under contract to Skills for Health, The Management Standards Consultancy has further developed the Competence Framework for Coronary Heart Disease and updated the guide to help people use the framework to develop the competence and capacity of the workforce.
The guide covers
- What is the CHD Competence Framework?
- Who is the CHD Competence Framework for?
- What does the CHD Competence Framework cover?
- What does the CHD Competence Framework not cover?
- What does a competence look like?
- Which competences are relevant to you and your team?
- How can you find the competences relevant to a team, organisation or partnership?
- How can you find the competences relevant to an individual?
- How can you use the CHD Competence Framework?
- What are the competences in the CHD Competence Framework?
- Where can I get further information and advice?
It offers good practice guidance to those wishing to use the CHD Competence Framework to develop their own or their organisation’s performance and provides step-by-step templates and tools for practical action.
Available for download here or in hard copy with a CD-ROM from Skills for Health. 
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