From Monday 5th September 2022 referrals to the Community Heart Failure Specialist Nursing Service will only be accepted if these are received using the accompanying service referral form. Referral information received not using the service referral form will be rejected and returned to the referrer.
All completed referral forms and any accompanying information should be emailed to the RightCare Barnsley Integrated Single Point of Access (SPA) using the following email address:-
Referrals received for patients with the following will be declined and returned to the referrer:-
If patient has no echocardiogram or the echocardiogram is older than one year 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 diagnosed with right ventricular systolic dysfunction / preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) or diastolic heart failure. (The service only accepts patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction - those still undergoing investigations to confirm diagnosis WILL BE rejected, only those with a confirmed diagnosis should be referred).
Who should be referred
Service Inclusion Criteria
The service accepts patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunctiondiagnosed with an echocardiogram that has been undertaken within the past 12 months. A copy of the echocardiogram must accompany the referral.