Healthcare Professionals
The documents within this section are aimed at healthcare professionals, providing guidance on evidence-based practice.
Please see below for a description of each document with link to access.
Standards for Physical Activity and Exercise in the Cardiovascular Population
This document has been developed through a review of the evidence for best practice in cardiovascular rehabilitation, by a working party of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation (ACPICR). The aim is to standardise the quality and approach taken by exercise professinals when delivering the exercise component of rehabilitation in order to provide service equity to the widest variety of people with cardiavascular disease (CVD). The standards have been extensively updated and this 2023 edition includes additional, more detailed information in different areas of practice.
An addendum has been added to this document. Please access this here.
In addition to this addendum, readers of the standards document are asked to note that the regulating body is for clinical exercise physiologists (CEPs) is the Academy of Health Care Sciences (AHCS). CEP-UK acts as a steering advisory group officially overseen by the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Science (CASES).
ACPICR Peer Review
This document provides a benchmark for exercise professionals involved in the delivery of core/early exercise rehabilitation programmes for individuals with cardiac conditions. Its overall aim is two-fold:
- To support peer observations of exercise delivery for the cardiac population
- To encourage sharing of best practice between the health professionals who work in this field.
The BACPR Standards and Core Components for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation 2023
This is the updated (fourth) edition of the BACPR Standards and Core Components which are underpinned by the best available current evidence and examples of best practice.
Core Competences for the Physical Activity and Exercise Component of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation Services
This document has been produced by the BACPR Exercise Professionals Group. It provides guidance on the key competences required to ensure the use of best practice standards and guidelines for physical activity and exercise prescription. It also serves as a tool to monitor the need for continuing professional development for the exercise professional and supporting staff to achieve specific competences.
BACPR EPG Position Statement on Implementation of Low-volume High Intensity Interval Training in UK Cardiac Rehabilitation Programmes
This joint statement from the BACPR Exercise Professionals Group and the HIIT or MISS UK Research Group provides national guidance on the implementation of HIIT in clinical practice.
For a full range of BACPR publications and guidance visit the BACPR website.