The Barnet Heart Function Improvement service is a nurse led service and comprises of a team of heart failure specialist nurses with clinical support from a heart failure consultant cardiologist.  

The key aim for the service is to ensure that referred Heart failure reduced Ejection Fraction HFrEF<40% patients receive evidence-based best suited interventions tailored to their individual needs.

The service operates Monday-Friday, 9.00-17.00 providing outpatient clinics at Edgware Community hospital and Finchley Memorial hospital, alongside domiciliary visits across the borough of Barnet.

Domiciliary visits focus on housebound patients living in Barnet.

Access to exercise rehabilitation is provided through our local pulmonary rehabilitation programmes.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

• 18+ registered with Barnet GP
• diagnosis of heart failure evidenced by ECHO ideally, BNP level

Exclusions

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

How to Refer