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Heart 88:ii28-ii32 doi:10.1136/heart.88.suppl_2.ii28
  • Session III: Multidisciplinary working—building the team

Heart failure: across the interface and beyond

Table 3

Mechanisms by which the community wide guidelines for the management of patients with heart failure were developed locally

*The fast track service was piloted in the participating practices before being extended as a service to all referring general practitioners.

  • Initial educational grant from Camden and Islington Health Authority

  • Nine local general practitioners involved

  • Three consecutive intensive sessions

    • education component

    • end point a seven page document and algorithm

    • fast track referral format for pilot practices for patients with heart failure*

  • Guidelines endorsed by multidisciplinary health authority reference group, local hospital trusts: available from the MAAG coronary artery disease resource pack

  • URL: www.chd.org.uk

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