Modality Community Cardiology Showcase

2026 marks ten years of Modality's Community Cardiology Service, which now delivers over 20,000 specialist cardiology appointments and procedures a year in the community, with fewer than 1% of those patients referred on into secondary care.

Join senior stakeholders from across the NHS, primary and secondary care, cardiology and industry for short talks, panel discussion and an honest look at what it takes to make integrated care work in practice.

Who this is forCommissioners and commissioning leads, NHS trust and system leaders, primary care clinicians, cardiologists and allied health professionals, and partners working on out-of-hospital and neighbourhood care.

Why come?

Hear about what ten years of community cardiology has taught us, including the challenges and the lessons

How a community service takes pressure off hospital waiting lists, with more than 360,000 people in England currently waiting for cardiology care

The workforce model behind it, and what it takes to staff and sustain

How heart, kidney and lipid care join up in the community

Agenda09:00 Registration and welcome refreshments09:30 Welcome and introduction09:40 Ten years of community cardiology10:05 Panel: Building the Community Cardiology Workforce10:25 Delivering safe specialist care in the community10:45 Refreshments and networking11:05 Digital innovation: less administration, better connected care11:30 Integrated care in action: the Modality Cardiology MDT12:10 Beyond cardiology: joining up heart, kidney and lipid care12:25 Panel: Shifting care from hospital to neighbourhood12:55 Closing remarks13:00 Networking lunch14:00 Optional community cardiology service tour14:30 Community celebration and cardiovascular screening

Free to attend. The main programme runs 09:30 to 12:55, with lunch, the service tour and the celebration through to 14:30.

VenueNishkam Centre, 6 Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham B21 9BH

SponsorshipNovartis and Novo Nordisk have provided sponsorship towards the general costs of delivering this event. The sponsors have had no involvement in or influence over the agenda, speaker selection, programme content or organisational arrangements.

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