About MyAction

Unique features

  • An evidence based programme providing integrated care for both coronary patients and those at high risk of developing vascular disease within the same community facility
  • Community Leisure centre location offering easy access to the programme sessions within a friendly and fun environment
  • Co-ordinated by a nurse prescriber
  • Multidisciplinary in nature – a dedicated specialist team:  1 x full time Nurse, 1 x 0.5 Dietitian, 1 x 0.5 Physiotherapist / Physical Activity Specialist
  • Family based – partners/spouses of identified patients fully participate in the MyAction programme together
  • A high quality intensive 5 day training programme delivered by experts in the MyAction central team
  • Focus on lifestyle change – empowering individuals to make sustainable behaviour and positive lifestyle change
  • A bespoke electronic database with data management support & statistical analyses to provide a comprehensive data set for audit purposes & outcome data (contributing to the National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation dataset)
  • On-going support:  quality assurance & mentorship visits with access to expert opinion and advice including a telephone help line service
  • Programme materials that are evidence based, tried and tested and updated in line with new research and guidelines

Setting up and running a MyAction programme - A Franchise Partnership with Primary Care Trusts and Leisure Providers

The principles of partnering with  MyAction are as follows:

  • Your chosen centres follow the  MyAction protocol and specified quality standards.
  • Your staff are professionally trained and supported by the MyAction central team and provided with a comprehensive training manual and high quality Health Professional Manual.
  • You will be provided with all branded patient education materials and assessment documentation.
  • Your programme uses the same patient educational materials developed for MyAction but appropriately modified to suit your own requirements.
  • You use the same electronic MyAction database having full access to your comprehensive dataset and share anonymised data with the MyAction Central Team with data management support and statistical analyses.
  • Your programme uses standardised measuring equipment.
  • Your programme meets the quality and audit standards of MyAction.
  • Your programme provides 1-year follow up data on all patients (or a representative sample) and families for lifestyle, risk factors, and drugs.

If you would like to explore opportunities of partnering with MyAction we would be pleased to meet with you and your colleagues. You are also welcome to visit the MyAction programme in other parts of the country.

For further information contact Professor David Wood
Email: d.wood@imperial.ac.uk

  • Our Cardiovascular Prevention team at Imperial College. Meet the team.
  • Unique features of the programme. More about the programme.
  • Setting up and running a MyAction programme.The principles of partnering with Myaction.

What the patients say:

“The programme is very helpful in providing a structure, a focus and the support to develop better lifestyle habits. There is useful and informed guidance on a group as well as an individual basis. The programme successfully raises awareness on a broad range of relevant topics, while providing the opportunity to receive clarifications which are not otherwise easily available. The sympathetically led individual and group sessions create an atmosphere which enables easy engagement allowing the greatest benefit from what is a well-balanced and valuable programme.”

“Thank you for this programme; it was the kick I needed to get back into exercise and a healthy lifestyle”

“The MyAction programme has been excellent in motivating me to make changes to my lifestyle which I hope I can maintain. All three professionals have been very approachable and friendly and have got across sometimes complex subjects in simple terms. For example, portion sizes being described as like a deck of cards or the size of a cheque book is much easier to relate to than so being many grams”

“I think this programme is especially good for people of my age (60+) as you wouldn’t join a gym, speak to a dietitian, or get the medical advice unless you really had to.
This way you get all three
with ease. ”