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Cardiac rehabilitation is designed to help people who are recovering from a heart attack, or who have undergone a heart procedure such as stenting/angioplasty/other cardiac surgery

Cardiac rehabilitation is also beneficial for people with angina and heart failure

Community Clinic: Clinical assessment following cardiac event or surgery, on behalf of the cardiology consultants. You will be offered a choice of exercise programmes.
Supervised exercise: Graduated and individually prescribed exercise programmes which run for up to 8 weeks. Home based exercise programmes are also available
Education and information: Personalised information and education on a range of healthy lifestyle topics to improve your heart health and support you to get back to normal life.
Support to access other services including: smoking cessation; weight management as well as stress and anxiety support and other longer term exercise programs.
Home Based Programmes: Tailored home programmes are available if required with individual follow up to monitor progress

Where is the service provided?

Cardiac rehabilitation clinics are available Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) 0900 – 1700 at a variety of venues:

Mill Rd Therapy Centre, Mill Rd, Colchester, CO4 5LJ click here to view on map
Jubilee Unit Clacton Hospital, Tower Rd, Clacton on Sea, CO15 1LH click here to view on map
Fryatt Hospital, Main Rd, Dovercourt, CO12 4EX click here to view on map

Exercise programmes are held in the following venues:

Mill Road Therapy centre, Mill Rd, Colchester, CO4 5LJ click here to view on map
St Andrew Hall, St Andrews Rd, Clacton on Sea, CO15 3AP click here to view on map
Fryatt Hospital, physio gym, Main Rd, Harwich, CO12 4EX click here to view on map

How to access the service

Referrals are usually made by the doctor or nurse on discharge from hospital.

Your GP can also refer you and we also accept self-referrals.

The team consists of clinical nurse specialists, associate practitioners/exercise specialists