Heart Failure

We are a community-based heart failure service covering Great Yarmouth and Waveney; we review patients who have a diagnosis of heart failure confirmed by echocardiogram. We work with GPs, cardiologists and any health professional involved in a patient’s care.

We provide the following:

• Home visits, clinic and telephone reviews, depending upon clinical need
• An initial comprehensive heart failure patient assessment and management plan for each patient and referring health professional
• Education on heart failure diagnosis and medications
• Support with optimisation and titration of evidence-based heart failure medications, to achieve individual optimum doses
• Advice on self-monitoring, how to recognise worsening heart failure symptoms early and when to seek help
• Prevention of hospital admission/readmission where possible
• Lifestyle advice and referrals to other services if required