Patient treatment options for inherited cardiac conditions
Dear Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Partnership,
As a patient with an inherited cardiac condition (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) I would like to establish what centres within the ICS would I be under the care of? I.e., what hospitals have a dedicated inherited cardiac conditions team.?
If they do not have a dedicated team or would not treat the condition where would patients be referred to?
Specifically, would a local hospital manage drug treatment up until the stage of surgery (septal ablation or surgical myectomy)? If surgery is not offered where would the patient be referred to?
Yours faithfully,
David Smith
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Dear David Smith
Thank you for your request for information dated 21 July 2023. Your
request has been managed under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
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Yours Sincerely
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NHS Birmingham and Solihull
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