Heart failure service for the management of chronic heart failure
This commissioning guide provides support for the local implementation of NICE clinical guidelines through commissioning, and is a resource to help health professionals in England to commission an effective heart failure service for the management of chronic heart failure. This guide provides advice on commissioning services for the general diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure. While it is recognised that screening and prevention are important issues, these fall outside the scope of this commissioning guide, as do interventional procedures.
This commissioning guide should be read in conjunction with the following NICE guidance:
The clinical guideline covers clinical and cost effectiveness in detail and underpins the content of this guide.
The guide:
- makes the case for commissioning a heart failure service for the management of chronic heart failure
- specifies service requirements
- helps you determine local service levels
- helps you ensure corporate and quality assurance.
The full text of this commissioning guide is openly available, and is accessed from the navigation menu on the left of the screen. The associated commissioning tool is designed to support the guide, and is currently available to primary care organisations in England. For information governance reasons, registration is required to access the tool. Cardiac networks wishing to use the commissioning tool should liaise with their host organisation to register. Go to the commissioning tool page to register for access and to log in.
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