Heart Failure Nurse Specialists

Ideally patients admitted to hospital will be seen before discharge by the Heart Failure Nurse Specialists. Written and verbal information is given regarding signs and symptoms, lifestyle advice and when to seek help.

If the patient is not seen before discharge, and they meet referral criteria, relevant information is sent to the Community Heart Failure Nurses in Oxfordshire and surrounding counties:

Heart Failure Services (outpatients) referrals

Contact us

Heart Failure Nurse Specialists (Inpatients)

John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Email: heartfailure.nurse@ouh.nhs.uk

Tel: 01865 221330 (direct) or Bleep 4601 via Switchboard Monday to Friday

Horton General Hospital, Banbury

Email: heartfailure.nurse@ouh.nhs.uk

Tel: 01295 224105 (direct) or Bleep 9902 via Switchboard Monday to Friday

Lead Nurse for Inpatient Heart Failure

Helen Nolte: helen.nolte@ouh.nhs.uk

Oxfordshire Community Heart Failure Nurse Service

Oxfordshire Community Heart Failure Nurse Service works in conjunction with the heart failure service at the John Radcliffe and Horton General hospitals to provide support for the management of heart failure patients in the community.

Tel: 01865 904808

Email: CommunityHeartFailureTeam@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

Heart Failure Service Administrators

Tel: 01865 223067

Links

• Heart Failure
  
• Heart failure - bhf.org.uk
  
• Cardiomyopathy - bhf.org.uk
  
• British Society for Heart Failure
  
• Information and Advice For Arrhythmia Patients
  
• Cardiac resynchronisation therapy
  

Patient leaflets

• Implantation of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) (pdf)
• Implantation of a Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy-Defibrillator (CRT-D) (pdf)
• Coming into hospital for a coronary angiogram or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (pdf)
• CRT / ICD / S-ICD patient information (pdf) - heartrhythmalliance.org

Related pages on this site

• Heart Failure Service - Cardiothoracic Services
• Heart Failure Services (outpatients) referrals