Reducing mortality and improving outcomes for people with heart disease and other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in England is a key priority for this Government. In March 2013; we published the CVD Outcomes Strategy. The strategy sets out key actions for commissioners and providers to improve outcomes in CVD. NHS Improving Quality is supporting the delivery of the strategy by NHS England. NHS England works to improve the quality of NHS services and is held to account through the Mandate. The indicator “Under 75 mortality fate from all cardiovascular diseases” is included in both the Public Health and NHS Outcome Frameworks and the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set. It is for NHS England to decide which healthcare programmes and initiatives it wishes to assess and consider.