28 April 2025
This Heart Health Week (5 – 11 May 2025), it’s time to put heart health in the spotlight.
Start a conversation with your patients about heart health and the positive steps they can take to reduce their heart disease risk.
Every four minutes, one Australian has a heart attack or stroke. Never miss a BEAT. Use the Aus CVD Risk calculator during your next Heart Health Check.
Since its launch in July 2023, the Aus CVD Risk calculator has been used over 1 million times, providing an accurate and comprehensive mechanism for cardiovascular risk assessment in primary care.
How to get involved
You can further support the delivery of Heart Health Checks and engage your patients about their heart health by:
- Registering for the Heart Foundation’s latest clinical webinar on 8 May
Take part in the Heart Week clinical webinar, ‘Let’s talk about sex: Understanding biological
differences in CVD risk’ on Thursday 8 May, 7-8.30 pm AEST. Join our expert panel featuring
international experts Professor Hester Den Ruijter and Professor Christian Delles, alongside
Australian specialists, as they explore the critical, yet often-overlooked impact of biological sex
on cardiovascular disease risk. Register now - Downloading your free Heart Week resource pack
This resource pack contains a variety of resources and promotional tools to assist you in
engaging your patients about their heart health. Download resource pack now - Setting up a heart health display at your workplace
Enter the creative display competition to win one of three $500 vouchers! View competition details now
Learn more about how to get involved at heartfoundation.org.au/heart-week/for-professionals
Use POLAR to identify eligible patients for heart health checks
This Heart Health Week, you may wish to identify the patients in your practice who could be eligible for a Heart Health Check – we’ve created a dedicated POLAR walkthrough to help you do just that.
Explore more updated POLAR walkthrough guides – now available on the EMPHN website.
