Heart Failure Service Information

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Niklas Marksteiner

Dear Sir / Madam

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?
2. Population served by the Heart Failure Service?
3. What is the service setting?

a) Acute hospital
b) Community hospital
c) Integrated care
d) Primary care

4. Approximate case load of Heart Failure patients seen per week?
5. Number of follow ups in 2021/22?
6. Which populations do you provide the following services for and are you commissioned for these services?

a) Heart Failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF)
b) Heart Failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFpEF)

7. Staff dedicated to Heart Failure:
a) Number of Heart Failure consultants (pa's)
b) Number of Heart Failure nurses (WTE)
c) Number of Heart Failure Pharmacists (WTE)

8. Which of these (a to g) does your NHS organisation have?
a) Access to open access ECHO
b) Access to Cardiac rehab?
c) HF Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT)
d) Cardiologist Non HF specialist
e) Cardiologist HF specialist
f) Cardiology Pharmacist
g) GPwER (previously called GPwSI)

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
m) Community based clinic
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 / No)

Many thanks in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Niklas Marksteiner

GRAM Foi, Grampian Health Board

Dear Mr Marksteiner

 

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

 

Thank you for your email dated 25 April 2022, requesting information
regarding cardiology service. We have recorded this request and are
currently processing it in accordance with the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002.

 

A response to your request for information is due by 25 May 2022. Please
allow for delivery time.

 

We will contact you again in due course.

 

Best wishes,

 

Susie

 

Susie Nattrass

Information Governance Officer

Information Governance Team

 

NHS Grampian

Rosehill House

Cornhill Road

Aberdeen

AB25 2ZG

 

Phone: 01224 551549

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Dear Mr Marksteiner

 

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Regards

 

Chris

 

Chris Morrice

Senior Information Governance Officer

NHS Grampian

Rosehill House

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AB25 2ZG

 

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Niklas Marksteiner

Dear FOI contact,

Many thanks for your response.

Please could you clarify the response to question 6? Do you provide services for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) or heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)?

Yours faithfully,

Niklas Marksteiner