Reports
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Heart failure multidisciplinary meetings: joint British Society consensus guidelines for structure and function. A joint report from the British Society for Heart Failure, the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the British Heart Rhythm Society, the British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, the British Society of Echocardiography, the British Geriatrics Society, the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, and the British Cardiovascular Society. Read here…
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The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) cardiology report is now published, presenting a review of the ways in which services are delivered and who delivers them. It makes 25 recommendations aimed at closing gaps in provision, improving clinical pathways and improving access to imaging and workforce across networks. The report is available for everyone in the specialty to download.
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This guide is intended to support systems and trusts in setting up formalised patient-initiated follow-up in their services. It is intended to supplement the Implementing patient-initiated follow-up PIFU handbook for local systems and providers.
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The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) report on Acute Heart Failure, released 28 November 2018, summarises a review of the care received by patients who died in hospital following admission with acute heart failure.
RELATED ARTICLES
Anderson L, Squire IB, Cowie MR. Global lessons from deaths from heart failure in UK hospitals. Heart 2019 Mar 2. pii: heartjnl-2018-314641
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Download the latest reports from the National Heart Failure Audit (England and Wales) here