NHS Online Course | Developing Cardiac Rehabilitation Service's

Respiratory Cardiac Rehab

Thu 18 Jun 2026 09:00-16:00

Online Course, 5 CPD Hours

Build practical confidence in developing your cardiac rehabilitation service

Led by Sarah Coy, Cardio-Respiratory Rehabilitation Lead Physiotherapist, this interactive online workshop is designed specifically for cardiac nurses and physiotherapists. In one day, you will explore how to integrate pharmacotherapy with rehabilitation, strengthen MDT coordination and navigate the psychological aspects of heart failure. You will leave with increased confidence in managing heart failure patients, alongside practical, evidence-based strategies aligned with BACPR standards to support the development of your service.

Connect with NHS peers, receive expert guidance and learn through real-world case studies.

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Developing Your Cardiac Rehabilitation Service

Online 5 CPD hours From £299+VAT

Transform your service

Take away useful techniques and practical approaches

The course leader, Sarah Coy, Cardio-Respiratory Rehabilitation Lead Physiotherapist at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust will provide you with actionable insights on how to advance your cardiac rehabilitation service. Book your place to focus on:

Investigating heart failure classification
Management and rehabilitation planning to align with BACPR guidelines
Community identification and early risk stratification
Integrating cardiology, primary care and rehabilitation to ensure coordinated care
Understanding how medical therapy affects exercise and rehabilitation planning
Revealing real-life scenarios to better inform your practice
Navigating exercise and cardiac rehabilitation to ensure best patient outcomes
Supporting your patients with enhanced palliative care

Convenient remote learning

Gain 5 CPD hours and build your practical confidence

Designed as an interactive and practical learning experience, this dedicated training day will equip you with the knowledge, tools and strategies to drive forward meaningful change:

Join online to meet like-minded professionals from across the country
Take part in interactive benchmarking discussions to explore current awareness and practice across teams
Ask your critical questions and gain guidance from your course leader
Take away an action plan to help you implement improvements immediately back in practice

Available for in-house training

9:00	Join, tech support and opportunity to network in breakout rooms
9:30	Course leader’s opening remarks Sarah Coy, Cardio-Respiratory Rehabilitation Lead Physiotherapist, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Enhance management and rehabilitation
9:40	Planning safe and effective cardiac rehabilitation to ensure patient safety Aligning with BACPR guidelines: heart failure classification implications on management and rehabilitation planning Identifying patients with comorbidities or lifestyle habits with a risk of developing or worsening heart failure Recognising symptoms of heart failure quickly to improve patient outcomes
Improve care coordination
10:10	Reviewing the structure of heart failure clinics: acute, community and nurse-led models Working in line with BACPR standards: integrating cardiology, primary care and rehabilitation services to ensure coordinated care Implementing strategies to navigate funding and alleviate staffing pressures
10:35	Questions and answers with Sarah Coy
10:45	Interactive discussion: Improving risk stratification and service integration What techniques do you use to stratify risk in your service? What strategies help you integrate with cardiology, primary care and rehabilitation services, to ensure continuity of care? What pressures do you currently have in your service and how are you working to overcome them?
11:05	Screen break
Optimising rehabilitation and pharmacotherapy
11:15	Effectively integrating pharmacotherapy and rehabilitation to enhance long term outcomes Understanding how medical therapy affects exercise and rehabilitation planning Integrating rehab safely alongside medication titration Case study: investigating a real-life scenario to better inform your practice
11:45	Questions and answers with Sarah Coy
11:55	Navigating clinical risks: exercise and cardiac rehabilitation to ensure best patient outcomes Chronic vs acute heart failure: recognising exercise implications and carrying out risk assessment Ongoing monitoring and symptom management during rehab Practical strategies for patients at the limits of safe exercise
12:25	Questions and answers with Sarah Coy
12:35	Interactive discussion: Improving rehab decisions and MDT support for heart failure patients What factors influence you to progress or regress rehabilitation? How do medications affect exercise planning, and how do you plan for this individually? How do you work within the MDT to ensure patient outcomes are optimised throughout their rehabilitation journey? What aspect of managing heart failure patients is challenging? What techniques do you use to overcome this and boost your confidence in management?
12:55	Lunch break
Improving palliative care
1:25	Supporting your patients with enhanced palliative care to align with BACPR core components Recognising your responsibility and implementing effective tools to manage a difficult conversation Supporting your patients through effective symptom management: how to prepare Facilitating advanced care planning for heart failure patients: best practice approaches Signposting families, carers and patients to support groups
Providing psychological support
1:55	Psychological considerations for heart failure patients Spotting signs of psychological distress in patients Making timely referrals to counselling and CBT if the patient needs support Linking patients and families to peer and community support networks
2:25	Questions and answers with Sarah Coy
2:35	Screen break
2:45	Interactive discussion: Improving your palliative care and psychological support How do you navigate an emotionally difficult conversation? How do you support family members emotionally during palliative care? What support mechanisms eg. education or support groups do you signpost patients and families to? How do you navigate patient support if there is limited access to a counsellor?
Build an action plan
3:05	Interactive discussion: Taking away actionable insights to enhance your service What will you take away from this day to implement into your service? How could today’s strategies help you improve confidence when working with heart failure patients?
3:20	Close of day

Expert workshop leader

Sarah Coy

Job Title:

Cardio-Respiratory Rehabilitation Lead Physiotherapist

Organisation

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Biography

Pricing Structure

Early bird - £299+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place when booked before 15th May 2026 (applies to new, full price bookings only)
£399+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place when booked after 15th May 2026
Commercial companies are also invited to sponsor this day. Please email Vanessa Pearce for further details.

Stretch your NHS training budget further

If you’re interested in making a group booking - whether for a single course or several different events - please email Nichola Cadwallader or call Nichola on 01732 897788 to discuss the best options for your team.

Associations and networks

If you belong to an alliance, association or network please email Nichola Cadwallader to see how we can work together on a mutually beneficial basis.

This course is available for in-house training

Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call 01732 897788 for further details.

Reservations

You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding

How this online forum will work

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online training taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the course.

If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.

Practice sessions are available. If you would like to attend a zoom practice session before the event takes place, please let us know by emailing bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk. You will have the opportunity to meet an SBK Healthcare staff member who will ensure you are able to access zoom, that your camera and microphone work and you are fully set-up for the day. This is optional but if you do wish to attend, please use the same device that you plan to use on the day.

On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the course by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.

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Terms and conditions

Certification of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

Registration fees

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modify registration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.

Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

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Expected attendees

This practical workshop helps healthcare professionals build confidence in managing heart failure while improving care coordination and MDT working to achieve better patient outcomes. This course is suitable for, but not limited to:

Cardiac Nurses and Nurse Specialists
Cardiac Rehabilitation Co-Ordinator's
Cardiac Rehabilitation Physiotherapists
Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse and Nurse Specialists
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Physiotherapists
Exercise Physiologists
Occupational Therapists
Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Specialists
Cardiac Rehabilitation Physiologist

If you have a team that is 25 people or more, you can have a bespoke course delivered online to your team alone. Please contact Sarah Kemm or telephone 01732 897788.

Past attendee feedback

"Great session, was quite interactive and quite a few brilliant strategies were covered"
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"Very informative, gave useful things to try with patients."
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“It was a great learning experience. A wonderful opportunity to connect with various rehabilitation professions”
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“It was really helpful to discuss with colleagues from across the country how their services are working"
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Developing Your Cardiac Rehabilitation Service