The Camden Heart Failure Service is a nurse-led service made up of specialist nurses who review patients with a confirmed diagnosis of heart failure.

Services include:

• clinics at three different locations in the borough
• telephone reviews or home visits for medication optimisation
• fluid management
• education to help patients self-manage their condition
• referral to a cardiac rehabilitation programme specific to heart failure
• opportunity to join the monthly Cardiac Support Group.

Weekly multidisciplinary team meetings take place with a consultant cardiologist and hospital heart failure cardiac nurse specialist to offer further support to the specialist nurses and to help reduce hospital admission.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

• aged 18+ and registered with Camden GP
• diagnosis of heart failure supported by an echocardiogram and management plan, which should be less than a year old.

Exclusions

• not suitable for people who require diagnosis or complex interventions that are normally only available from secondary care.

How to Refer