Heart Foundation Strategic Plan 2025–2029

Actions and Priorities - 2025-2029

We will undertake awareness raising exercises to raise the importance of heart health among children, adolescents, and young adults. We will implement new programs that aim to reduce CVD risk factors among young people.

We will focus on improving CVD risk factor awareness among all people in Australia.
We will continue to deliver a comprehensive approach to the assessment and management of CVD risk, including promoting the use of Medicare Heart Health Checks.
We will develop and implement new guidelines for the management of hypertension and lipid levels. We will pilot a medication management pathways program that supports patients in managing their treatment effectively.
We will establish a Heart Foundation position on point-of-care diagnostic tools for CVD risk assessment.
We will address the intersection between cardiometabolic and cardiovascular diseases. We will develop targeted strategies to manage shared risk factors, improve prevention efforts, and ensure better integration of care for individuals affected by interrelated conditions.

We will develop programs and promote policies that embed targeted screening for heart disease risk within the health system.

We will develop a strategy for incorporating advanced medical therapies, precision imaging, and personalised medicine into heart disease risk management.
We will assess the need to make coronary calcium scans accessible through Medicare for individuals with a clinical need.
We will also work to improve access to evidence-based point-of-care and home-based diagnostic tools, with a particular focus on supporting communities located far from medical and pharmacy services.

Goal 2: Create environments and systems that enable healthy behaviours

Goal 4: Manage heart disease effectively and prevent further events