About Arrhythmia Alliance


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	Arrhythmia Alliance (A-A) is a coalition of individuals, patients groups, charities, professional medical groups and industry allies. These groups work together under the Arrhythmia Alliance umbrella to raise awareness of cardiac arrhythmias and to promote timely and effective diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias leading to an improved quality of life. We aim to establish a small hard-working executive. We plan to invite stakeholder groups such as charities, cardiac technicians, cardiac nurses, and cardiac patient groups, to become members. We also seek allied memberships from industry, but plan to target charitable funding sources and the National Lottery.


	Aims

	To Raise Awareness of Cardiac arrhythmias To improve Diagnosis of Cardiac arrhythmias To improve Treatment of Cardiac arrhythmias To improve Quality of Life for people living with Cardiac arrhythmias

	Objectives

	To bring together member charities, healthcare professionals, commissioners and their allies To advance the concerns and needs of all our members To develop the knowledge and skills base of medical professionals and professions allied to medicine To cultivate multi-centre and multi-disciplinary research To prevent sudden cardiac death in vulnerable groups To promote the value and need for cardiac pacing, implantable defibrillators, catheter ablation, and other treatments for arrhythmias To prevent misdiagnosis in patients suffering from arrhythmia and transient loss of consciousness (T-LOC) To assess and quantify unmet need amongst those affected by arrhythmia To promote centres of excellence for arrhythmia diagnosis and treatment To secure better care, leading to a better quality of life, for individuals with arrhythmia

	Priorities

	Significant influence on NSF for arrhythmias Education and training Foster clinical audit Establish databases Systematic Pathology