Good Afternoon,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your email in which you requested
information under the FOI Act 2000.

Your request is being considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days, from the date of receipt, as
defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the
information you have requested. There will be an assessment and if any of
the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released.
You will be informed if this is the case within 20 working days, together
with your rights of appeal.

If the information you are requesting contains reference to a third party
then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or
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working days if this is the case.

If you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact
me.  May l ask that you quote the above reference number on all your
correspondence?

Yours sincerely

Aled Evans

FOI Officer

Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust

Trust HQ, St George’s Hospital

Corporation Street

Stafford
ST16 3AG

Tel: 01785 221104 Ext 7128998

Email: [1][email address]

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Good Afternoon,

Further to your recent request made under the Freedom of Information Act
2000, please see detailed below and attached the Trust’s response:

We are conducting a project which involves mapping heart failure services
across the NHS and this request for information regarding the services
provided by your organisation is an important part of this.

I would be grateful if you could please answer the following questions.

1. What is the name of your Heart Failure Service? - Cardiac Nursing
(Heart Failure) Service

2. Population served by the Heart Failure Service? – Approx 1,131,034

3. What is the service setting?  Community

a) Acute hospital

b) Community hospital

c) Integrated care

d) Primary care

4. Approximate case load of Heart Failure patients seen per week?

66

(the total unique patients seen in the year and divided by 52)

5. Number of follow ups in 2021/22?

20,451

6. Which populations do you provide the following services for and are you
commissioned for these services?

Yes, Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent.

a) Heart Failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF) Yes

b) Heart Failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFpEF)  Yes

7. Staff dedicated to Heart Failure:

a) Number of Heart Failure consultants (pa's) - 0

b) Number of Heart Failure nurses (WTE) - 16.41 (Based or organisation
name)

c) Number of Heart Failure Pharmacists (WTE) - 0

8. Which of these (a to g) does your NHS organisation have?

a) Access to open access ECHO Yes

b) Access to Cardiac rehab? Yes

c) HF Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) Yes

d) Cardiologist Non HF specialist Yes

e) Cardiologist HF specialist Yes

f) Cardiology Pharmacist Not Known

g) GPwER (previously called GPwSI) Not Known

9. Which of the following (h to n) service models do you provide?

h) Acute inpatient

i) HF outpatient

j) Hospital based ambulatory heart failure unit

k) Community based ambulatory heart failure unit

l) Home based service / care Yes

m) Community based clinic Yes

n) Heart Failure virtual ward

10. Do you believe that the current service specification adequately
reflects the range and volume of activity your service provides?  Yes

We would be grateful if you could take a minute to fill out our Freedom of
Information Customer Satisfaction Survey (attached) and let us know about
your experience.

Please contact me (Aled Evans) in the first instance if you have any
queries or questions regarding the Trust's response.  However, if you have
any complaints about the handling of your enquiry, please contact:

Head of Information Governance and Records Access Management, Midlands
Partnership Foundation Trust, Trust Headquarters St George's Hospital
Corporation Street Stafford, ST16 3SR
Email: [1][MPFT request email]

You also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545700
Website: [2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

PLEASE NOTE: As of 1^st June 2018 South Staffordshire and Shropshire
Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has merged with Staffordshire and
Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust to become Midlands Partnership
Foundation Trust.

Yours sincerely

Aled Evans

FOI Officer

Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust

Trust HQ, St George’s Hospital

Corporation Street

Stafford
ST16 3AG

Tel: 01785 221104 Extension: 7128998

DD: 01785 301314 Extension: 301314

Email: [3][email address]

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