Heart attack patients in England are getting faster treatment but there is still more to do

February 2003    Volume 10, Issue 1   Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2003;10(1):AIC 9–AIC 11

Authors:
Tom Quinn

The first public report on how the NHS manages acute
myocardial infarction (MI) in English hospitals was published on
19th November 2002.1 The report, based on almost 40,000
records collected by the Myocardial Infarction National Audit
Project (MINAP) team based at the Royal College of Physicians
(RCP), gave rise to much media commentary, the BBC news
leading with the headline Heart units too slow with vital drugs.

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