Wednesday 24 April 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_6572
Date Request Received: 29/04/2022 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 24/05/2022 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Heart Failure Service Information
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: What is the name of your Heart Failure Service? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Salisbury Hospital Heart Failure Service | |
| Question Number 2: Population served by the Heart Failure Service? | |
| Answer To Question 2: For inpatients; it is the whole of Wiltshire and the surrounding counties (Some Dorset and Hampshire patients). For outpatients; it is primarily mid to north Wiltshire as this area is not current supported by a heart failure service in the community. | |
| Question Number 3: What is the service setting? a) Acute hospital b) Community hospital c) Integrated care d) Primary care | |
| Answer To Question 3: a) Acute hospital | |
| Question Number 4: Approximate case load of Heart Failure patients seen per week? | |
| Answer To Question 4: For outpatients we see less than 5 Face to Face four times per week, and 6 phone calls per day making approximately 42 per week We also do a heart failure ward round with a cardiologist twice per week for inpatients with complex needs; 4-6 per week. | |
| Question Number 5: Number of follow ups in 2021/22? | |
| Answer To Question 5: For Follow-ups on average 20 per week; so approximately 1040 patient follow-ups per year | |
| Question Number 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) | |
| Answer To Question 6: We provide HFrEF and HFpEF services both for inpatient and outpatient settings | |
| Question Number 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) | |
| Answer To Question 7: HF Consultant – 2 PAs HF Nurses – 2.78 WTE HF Pharmacist – 0 | |
| Question Number 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) | |
| Answer To Question 8: Open Access Echo – Yes Cardiac Rehabilitation – Yes – we do not have a heart failure specific cardiac rehabilitation programme yet but one is due to be set up in the community in the coming months HF MDT – Yes Cardiologist – Not HF Specialist – Yes Cardiologist – HF Specialist – Yes Cardiology Pharmacist – No GPwER – No | |
| Question Number 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 | |
| Answer To Question 9: Acute Inpatient – Yes HF Outpatient – Yes Hospital Ambulatory based heart Failure Unit – No Community Based Ambulatory Heart Failure Unit – No Home based service / care – No Community based clinic – No Heart Failure Virtual Ward – No | |
| Question Number 10: Do you believe that the current service specification adequately reflects the range and volume of activity your service provides? (Yes / No) | |
| Answer To Question 10: Yes | |
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