Heart Failure Service

Service Offer

  • Education and support
  • Initiation and Titration of HF (LVSD only) medications
  • Home visits (for housebound patients only)
  • Borough-wide clinic appointments

Accessing the service

Referral guidelines

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction 
  • Echocardiogram within the past 2 years
  • Findings either moderate or severe
  • A copy of the echocardiogram MUST be forwarded with this referral failure to supply this will result in the referral being rejected.

Exclusion Criteria

  • If patient has no echocardiogram or the echocardiogram is older than two years old.
  • Stable patients already on optimised treatment.
  • Patient discharged from the Heart Failure Service within last 12 months with no symptom / medication changes within this time.  
  • Post MI patients that have NOT had a three month repeat echocardiogram.
  • Stable patients with mild LVSD will not be accepted in the service, these patients will be expected to be managed by primary care.    
  • Patients on renal dialysis will NOT be accepted into the service.
  • Patients aged under 18 years old and those NOT registered to a Barnsley GP practice and / or resident within the Barnsley geographical area.   
  • Patients diagnosed with right ventricular systolic dysfunction / preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) or diastolic heart failure

Updated:  January 2025

  • Clinical support group
    • Cancer, Palliative Care, Pain and Older People
    • Cardiovascular and Lipids
  • Clinical support area
  • Service type
    • Cardiology
    • Specialist community nursing
    • Care of the elderly
  • Provider
    South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - Physical Health
  • Telephone
    01226 644575
  • Email address

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