Topic-specific Advisory Group: heart failure service
A topic-specific advisory group was established to review and advise on the content of the commissioning guide. This group met once, with additional interaction taking place via email.
Audrey Alimo
Nurse Consultant for Heart Cardiology, The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
Prof Martin Cowie
Professor of Cardiology, Imperial College London
Dr Ahmet Fuat
GP with special interest in cardiology, County Durham NHS Foundation Trust
Tessa Ing
Team Leader, Vascular Programme, Department of Health
Richard J Longbottom
Commissioning Adviser, NHS Heart Improvement Programme
Dr John Mackay
GP, South of Tyne PCT
Prof Jonathan Mant
Professor of Primary Care Stroke Research, University of Birmingham
Tony Roberts
Clincial Effectiveness Specialist Adviser, Tees PCTs and South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Nigel Rowell
GP with special interest in heart failure, Middlesbrough PCT
Prof Lip-Bun Tan
Consultant Cardiologist, Leeds General Infirmary
Dr Douglas Wulff
Medical Director, Birmingham East and North PCT
This page was last updated: 28 February 2008
- Heart failure service
- Commissioning a heart failure service for the management of chronic heart failure
- Specifying a heart failure service for the management of chronic heart failure
- Determining local service levels for a heart failure service for the management of chronic heart failure
- Assumptions used in estimating a population benchmark
- The commissioning and benchmarking tool
- Ensuring corporate and quality assurance

