Heart Foundation Strategic Plan 2025–2029

Actions and Priorities - 2025-2029

We will expand and implement the MyHeart MyLife patient support program to help people living with heart disease.
We will undertake a needs assessment to identify gaps and prioritise the development of more tailored patient journeys through the program. We will grow the program’s online peer support community to provide opportunities for people living with heart disease to connect, share experiences, and support each other.
We will continue to deliver the Australian Government’s priorities relating to Heart of the Community and Mind CVD initiatives.
We will develop new healthcare programs to improve health outcomes, reduce hospitalisations and improve quality of life for people living with heart failure.

We will fund research into the development of more effective treatments for the management and secondary prevention of heart disease.

We will develop a national strategic approach for cardiac arrest. We will work with partner organisations such as Heart of the Nation and AUSCAA on collaborative initiatives that improve survival rates. We will work to raise national awareness of the importance of CPR training and the use of AEDs.
We will prioritise improving survival rates through awareness and education campaigns that highlight the differing heart attack risk factors and symptoms. We will conduct a needs assessment to identify priority languages for translating heart attack warning signs and related materials

We will focus on supporting the delivery of high-quality, tailored cardiac rehabilitation and psychosocial support services.
We will work towards establishing national quality standards and a cardiac rehabilitation accreditation pathway.
We will undertake projects and initiatives that will increase the number of people accessing high-quality rehabilitation and support services following a heart event.

Goal 3: Prevent, detect, and manage risk early

Underpinning priorities