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Standing on the shoulders of giants: Reflecting on the history and creation of the new Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions

On 28 August 2018, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) General Assembly in Munich voted to create a new association: the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP). Associations are the highest organizational level in the ESC family and ACNAP is now the seventh association of the ESC, joining the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA), European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC. This transformation is a huge step forward for our professions and a true recognition of the work of cardiovascular nurses and allied professions. It enables our community to play a much more central and influential part in the delivery of optimum cardiovascular care by collaborating and contributing at an equal level with other subspecialties and associations within the ESC. In addition, it provides a stronger united voice for our professions in Europe and beyond and we should seize this opportunity because we have important knowledge to share. This association was not built in one day. It has been a long journey, with many people devoting their time and lots of energy to move this field forward.